Chapter6.UsingtheSetupUtility
TheSetupUtilityprogramisusedtoviewandchangethecongurationsettingsofyourcomputer,regardless
ofwhichoperatingsystemyouareusing.However,theoperating-systemsettingsmightoverrideanysimilar
settingsintheSetupUtilityprogram.
StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram
TostarttheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:
1.Ifyourcomputerisalreadyonwhenyoustartthisprocedure,shutdowntheoperatingsystemand
turnoffthecomputer.
2.RepeatedlypressandreleasetheF1keywhenturningonthecomputer.Whenyouhearmultiplebeeps,
releasetheF1key.TheSetupUtilityprogramopens.
Note:IfaPower-OnPasswordoranAdministratorPasswordhasbeenset,theSetupUtilityprogram
menuisnotdisplayeduntilyoutypethecorrectpassword.Formoreinformation,see“Usingpasswords
”onpage43
.
TheSetupUtilityprogrammightstartautomaticallywhenPOSTdetectsthathardwarehasbeenremovedor
newhardwarehasbeeninstalledinyourcomputer.
Viewingandchangingsettings
TheSetupUtilityprogrammenulistsitemsthatidentifysystemcongurationtopics.Tovieworchange
settings,see“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage43.
WhenworkingwiththeSetupUtilityprogrammenu,youmustusethekeyboard.Thekeysusedtoperform
varioustasksaredisplayedatthebottomofeachscreen.
Usingpasswords
ByusingtheSetupUtilityprogram,youcansetpasswordstopreventunauthorizedpersonsfromgaining
accesstoyourcomputeranddata.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage43.Thefollowing
typesofpasswordsareavailable:
•Power-OnPassword
•AdministratorPassword
•HardDiskUserPassword
Youdonothavetosetanypasswordstouseyourcomputer.However,ifyoudecidetosetanypasswords,
readthefollowingsections.
Passwordconsiderations
Apasswordcanbeanycombinationofupto64(1to64)alphabeticandnumericcharacters.Forsecurity
reasons,itisrecommendedtouseastrongpasswordthatcannotbeeasilycompromised.Astrong
passwordshouldadheretothefollowingrules:
•Haveatleasteightcharactersinlengthandcontainatleastonealphabeticcharacterandonenumeric
character
•SetupUtilityprogramandharddiskdrivepasswordsarenotcasesensitive
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