Lenovo ThinkStation C20 - Chapter 4. Using the Setup Utility Program; Starting the Setup Utility Program; Viewing or Changing Settings; Using Passwords

Chapter4.UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram
YoucanusetheSetupUtilityprogramtoviewandchangethecongurationsettingsofyourcomputer,
regardlessofwhichoperatingsystemyouareusing.However,theoperatingsystemsettingsmightoverride
anysimilarsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram.
ThischapterprovidesinformationaboutthefollowingtopicstohelpyouusetheSetupUtilityprogram:
•“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage49
•“Viewingorchangingsettings”onpage49
•“Usingpasswords”onpage49
•“Selectingastartupdevice”onpage51
•“ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage52
StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram
ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtostarttheSetupUtilityprogram.
TostarttheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:
1.Makesureyourcomputeristurnedoff.
2.RepeatedlypressandreleasetheF1keywhenturningonthecomputer.Whenyouhearmultiplebeeps
orseealogoscreen,releasetheF1key.TheSetupUtilityprogramopens.
Note:Ifapasswordhasbeenset,theSetupUtilityprogrammenuwillnotbedisplayeduntilyoutype
thecorrectpassword.Formoreinformation,see“Usingpasswords”onpage49.
TheSetupUtilityprogrammightstartautomaticallywhenthePOSTdetectsthathardwarehasbeenremoved
ornewhardwarehasbeeninstalledinyourcomputer.
Viewingorchangingsettings
TheSetupUtilityprogrammenulistsvariousitemsaboutthesystemcongurationsettings.Toviewor
changethesettings,starttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage
49.Then,followtheinstructionsonthescreen.
WhenworkingwiththeSetupUtilityprogram,youmustusethekeyboard.Thekeysusedtoperformvarious
tasksaredisplayedatthebottomofeachscreen.
Usingpasswords
ByusingtheSetupUtilityprogram,youcansetapasswordtopreventunauthorizedaccesstoyourcomputer
anddata.Thefollowingoptionsareavailabletohelpyousetanadministratorpasswordorauserpassword:
•SetAdministratorPassword
•SetUserPassword
Youdonothavetosetapasswordtouseyourcomputer.However,usingapasswordimprovescomputing
security.Ifyoudecidetosetapassword,readthefollowingsections.
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