Chapter5.UsingtheSetupUtility
TheSetupUtilityprogramisusedtoviewandchangethecongurationsettingsofyourcomputer,regardless
ofwhichoperatingsystemyouareusing.However,theoperating-systemsettingsmightoverrideanysimilar
settingsintheSetupUtilityprogram.
StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram
TostarttheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:
1.Makesureyourcomputeristurnedoff.
2.RepeatedlypressandreleasetheF1keywhenturningonthecomputer.Whenyouhearmultiple
beepsorseealogoscreen,releasetheF1key.
Note:Ifauserpasswordoranadministratorpasswordhasbeenset,theSetupUtilityprogrammenu
isnotdisplayeduntilyoutypethecorrectpassword.Formoreinformation,see“Usingpasswords”
onpage17
.
TheSetupUtilityprogrammightstartautomaticallywhenPOSTdetectsthathardwarehasbeenremovedor
newhardwarehasbeeninstalledinyourcomputer.
Viewingandchangingsettings
TheSetupUtilityprogrammenulistsitemsthatidentifysystemcongurationtopics.Tovieworchange
settings,see“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage17.
WhenworkingwiththeSetupUtilityprogrammenu,youmustusethekeyboard.Thekeysusedtoperform
varioustasksaredisplayedatthebottomofeachscreen.
Usingpasswords
ByusingtheSetupUtilityprogram,youcansetpasswordstopreventunauthorizedaccesstoyourcomputer
anddata.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage17.Thefollowingtypesofpasswordsare
available:
•UserPassword
•AdministratorPassword
Youdonothavetosetanypasswordstouseyourcomputer.However,usingpasswordsimproves
computingsecurity.Ifyoudecidetosetanypasswords,readthefollowingsections.
Passwordconsiderations
Apasswordcanbeanycombinationofupto12alphabeticandnumericcharacters(a-zand0-9).For
securityreasons,itisrecommendedtouseastrongpasswordthatcannotbeeasilycompromised.Toset
astrongpassword,usethefollowingguidelines:
•Haveatleasteightcharactersinlength
•Containatleastonealphabeticcharacterandonenumericcharacter
•SetupUtilityprogramandharddiskdrivepasswordsarenotcasesensitive
•Notbeyournameoryourusername
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