Technical information

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Acer eSettings Management
Acer eSettings Management allows you to inspect hardware specifications, change BIOS
passwords or other Windows settings, and to monitor the system health status. Acer eSettings
Management also:
• Provides a simple graphical user interface for navigating.
• Displays general system status and advanced monitoring for power users on Acer computer.
Acer eLock Management
Acer eLock Management is a security utility that allows you to lock your removable data, optical
and floppy drives to ensure that data can’t be stolen while your notebook is unattended.
• Removable data devices - includes USB disk drives, USB pen drives, USB flash drives, USB MP3 drives,
USB memory card readers, IEEE 1394 disk drives and any other removable disk drives that can be
mounted as a file system when plugged into the system.
• Optical drive devices - includes any kind of CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drives.
• Floppy disk drives - 3.5-inch disks only.
• Interfaces - includes serial ports, parallel port, infrared (IR), and Bluetooth.
To activate Acer eLock Management, a password must be set at first. Once set, you can apply
locks to any of the devices. Lock(s) will immediately be set without any reboot necessary, and will
remain locked after rebooting, until unlocked.
Note: If you lose your password, there is no method to reset it except by reformatting your notebook