Lenovo C260 All-In-One PC Hardware Maintenance Manual

Chapter5.UsingtheSetupUtility

TheSetupUtilityprogramisusedtoviewandchangetheconﬁgurationsettingsofyourcomputer,regardless

ofwhichoperatingsystemyouareusing.However,theoperatingsystemsettingsmightoverrideanysimilar

settingsintheSetupUtilityprogram.

StartingtheLenovoBIOSSetupUtilityprogram

TostarttheLenovoBIOSSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.Ifyourcomputerisalreadyonwhenyoustartthisprocedure,shutdowntheoperatingsystemand

turnoffthecomputer.

2.PressandholdtheF1keythenturnonthecomputer.WhentheLenovoBIOSSetupUtilityprogramis

displayed,releasetheF1key.

Note:IfaPower-OnPasswordoranAdministratorPasswordhasbeenset,theSetupUtilityprogrammenu

willnotbedisplayeduntilyoutypeyourpassword.Formoreinformation,see“Usingpasswords.”

Viewingandchangingsettings

SystemconﬁgurationoptionsarelistedintheLenovoBIOSSetupUtilityprogrammenu.Tovieworchange

settings,see“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram.”

YoumustusethekeyboardwhenusingtheLenovoBIOSSetupUtilitymenu.Thekeysusedtoperform

varioustasksaredisplayedonthebottomofeachscreen.

Usingpasswords

YoucanusetheLenovoBIOSSetupUtilityprogramtosetpasswordstopreventunauthorizedpersons

fromgainingaccesstoyourcomputeranddata.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram.”Thefollowing

typesofpasswordsareavailable:

•AdministratorPassword

•Power-OnPassword

Youdonothavetosetanypasswordstouseyourcomputer.However,ifyoudecidetosetpasswords,read

thefollowingsections.

Passwordconsiderations

Apasswordcanbeanycombinationoflettersandnumbersupto16characters(a-zand0-9).Forsecurity

reasons,itisagoodideatouseastrongpasswordthatcannotbeeasilycompromised.Wesuggestthat

passwordsshouldfollowtheserules:

•Forastrongpassword,use7-16charactersandamixoflettersandnumbers.

•Donotuseyournameoryourusername.

•Donotuseacommonwordoracommonname.

•Usesomethingsigniﬁcantlydifferentfromyourpreviouspassword.

Attention:AdministratorandPower-Onpasswordsarenotcasesensitive.