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Chapter6.UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram

YoucanusetheSetupUtilityprogramtoviewandchangethecongurationsettingsofyourcomputer,

regardlessofwhichoperatingsystemyouareusing.However,theoperatingsystemsettingsmightoverride

anysimilarsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram.

ThischapterprovidesinformationaboutthefollowingtopicstohelpyouusetheSetupUtilityprogram:

•“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage37

•“Viewingorchangingsettings”onpage37

•“Usingpasswords”onpage37

•“Selectingastartupdevice”onpage39

•“ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage40

StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram

ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtostarttheSetupUtilityprogram.

TostarttheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.Makesureyourcomputeristurnedoff.

2.RepeatedlypressandreleasetheF1keywhenturningonthecomputer.Whenyouhearmultiplebeeps

orseealogoscreen,releasetheF1key.TheSetupUtilityprogramopens.

Note:Ifapasswordhasbeenset,theSetupUtilityprogrammenuwillnotbedisplayeduntilyoutype

thecorrectpassword.Formoreinformation,see“Usingpasswords”onpage37.

TheSetupUtilityprogrammightstartautomaticallywhenthePOSTdetectsthathardwarehasbeenremoved

ornewhardwarehasbeeninstalledinyourcomputer.

Viewingorchangingsettings

TheSetupUtilityprogrammenulistsvariousitemsaboutthesystemcongurationsettings.Toviewor

changethesettings,starttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage

37.Then,followtheinstructionsonthescreen.

WhenworkingwiththeSetupUtilityprogram,youmustusethekeyboard.Thekeysusedtoperformvarious

tasksaredisplayedatthebottomofeachscreen.

Usingpasswords

ByusingtheSetupUtilityprogram,youcansetapasswordtopreventunauthorizedaccesstoyourcomputer

anddata.Thefollowingoptionsareavailabletohelpyousetanadministratorpasswordorauserpassword:

•SetAdministratorPassword

•SetUserPassword

Youdonothavetosetapasswordtouseyourcomputer.However,usingapasswordimprovescomputing

security.Ifyoudecidetosetapassword,readthefollowingsections.

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