B-2 Computer Setup
Compaq Confidential - Need to Know Required
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■ Establish an Ownership Tag, the text of which is displayed each
time the system is turned on or restarted.
■ Enter the Asset Tag or property identification number assigned by
your company to this computer.
■ Enable power-on password prompting during system restarts
(warm boots) as well as during power-on.
■ Establish a setup password that controls access to Computer Setup
(F10) and the settings described in this section.
■ To secure integrated I/O functionality, including the serial, USB,
or parallel ports, audio, or embedded NIC, so that they cannot be
used until they are unsecured.
■ Enable or disable Master Boot Record (MBR) Security. This
feature is not supported on the Compaq Professional Workstation
AP550 or SP750.
■ Enable or disable removable media boot ability.
■ Enable or disable removable media write ability.
■ Solve system configuration errors detected but not automatically
fixed during the Power-On Self-Test (POST).
■ Replicate your system setup by saving system configuration
information on diskette and restoring it on one or more computers.
■ Execute self-tests on a specified IDE hard drive.
■ Configure various energy-saving features including energy saver
mode, system and hard drive timeouts, power button mode, and
power LED behavior.