user manual

Getting started 17
Entering owner informationEntering owner information
Entering owner informationEntering owner information
Entering owner information
It is a good idea to type your contact information as “owner
information”, so that if you lose your netBook, it can be returned
when found:
1. Select the Password icon from the Control panel in the
System screen, and tap the Owner info button in the
dialog.
2. Type in your details. The labels provided are suggestions
only, you can change them if you want to. It’s best not to
put your home address, in case your house keys are lost at
the same time.
3. Set how you wish the owner information screen to be
displayed, i.e.:
• ‘At switch on’, if you always want to display the screen when
switching the machine on.
• ‘Once per day’, if you only want to see the screen once a
day, the first time you switch your machine on each day.
• ‘Never’, if you never want to display the screen when you
switch on.
You can display the owner information at any other time using
the Owner command on the Information menu in the System
screen.
Setting a system passwordSetting a system password
Setting a system passwordSetting a system password
Setting a system password
To prevent anyone looking at the files on the Internal disk of the
netBook, set a system password which you must type in before
you can use the machine.
To do this:
1. Select the Password icon from the Control panel in the
System screen.
2. Tick the ‘Ask for password’ box so that your netBook
requests the password when you switch the machine on.
3. Type the password twice for confirmation. Choose a
password that you won’t easily forget, but one that won’t be
easy for someone else to guess. DON’T FORGET your
password! You will need to enter the password again if you
want to change the password settings on your netBook.
The password is now set. The next time you switch your
machine on, you will have to type in the password to access your
files.
If you want to switch the password off temporarily, remove the
tick from the ‘Ask for password’ box.
Note: The system password does not protect files stored on
Memory disks or files copied to other machines.
Important: don’t forget your password!
If you have forgotten the system password then you will have to
reset the machine. All the files stored on the internal disk will then
be lost.