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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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