Personal Computer User Manual

Chapter4.UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram

YoucanusetheSetupUtilityprogramtoviewandchangethecongurationsettingsofyourcomputer,

regardlessofwhichoperatingsystemyouareusing.However,theoperatingsystemsettingsmightoverride

anysimilarsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram.

ThischapterprovidesinformationaboutthefollowingtopicstohelpyouusetheSetupUtilityprogram:

•“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage63

•“Viewingorchangingsettings”onpage63

•“Usingpasswords”onpage63

•“Selectingastartupdevice”onpage65

•“ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage66

StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram

ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtostarttheSetupUtilityprogram.

TostarttheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.Makesureyourcomputeristurnedoff.

2.RepeatedlypressandreleasetheF1keywhenturningonthecomputer.Whenyouseealogoscreen,

releasetheF1key.TheSetupUtilityprogramopens.

Note:Ifapasswordhasbeenset,theSetupUtilityprogrammenuwillnotbedisplayeduntilyoutype

thecorrectpassword.Formoreinformation,see“Usingpasswords”onpage63.

Viewingorchangingsettings

TheSetupUtilityprogrammenulistsvariousitemsaboutthesystemcongurationsettings.Toviewor

changethesettings,starttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage

63.Then,followtheinstructionsonthescreen.

WhenworkingwiththeSetupUtilityprogram,youmustusethekeyboard.Thekeysusedtoperformvarious

tasksaredisplayedatthebottomofeachscreen.

Usingpasswords

ByusingtheSetupUtilityprogram,youcansetapasswordtopreventunauthorizedaccesstoyour

computeranddata.Thefollowingoptionsareavailabletohelpyousetanadministratorpassword,a

power-onpassword,oraharddiskdrivepassword:

•SetAdministratorPassword

•SetPower-OnPassword

•HardDiskPassword

Youdonothavetosetapasswordtouseyourcomputer.However,usingapasswordimprovescomputing

security.Ifyoudecidetosetapassword,readthefollowingsections.