User Manual

Basic Operation
Securing Your Computer
44 Reference GuideStartup Guide
Your computer comes equipped with VirusScan. Before you can use VirusScan, you need
to install it.
1. Click Start, Programs, VirusScan, Setup.
2. Follow the instructions as they appear on the screen.
Once installed, you can get detailed instructions from VirusScan’s online Help.
To set PC identification
Pavilion models
HP TopTools and PC identification are not supported on Pavilion models.
You must have BIOS administrator password authority to set a PC identification number.
1. If you have not already installed HP TopTools, do so now. See “To set up TopTools”
on page 127.
2. Click Start, Programs, HP TopTools for Notebooks, HP TopTools.
3. Click Security, then type your BIOS administrator password and press ENTER.
4. Click Settings and Actions.
5. In the “Tattooing String” box, type a unique set of characters that will identify your
PC. You can type up to 80 characters including spaces and special characters. Do not
press ENTER when typing. The string wraps automatically.
To lock the hard disk drive
The computer enables you to lock its internal hard disk drive to help keep your
information secure. Hard disk drive lock does not protect a second hard disk drive
installed in the module bay.
CAUTION
When you enable hard disk drive lock, the current BIOS user password (or
administrator password if that is the only password set) is encoded on the hard
disk drive.
If you move the hard disk drive to another computer, you can’t access the drive until
you set the user (or administrator) password to match the drive’s password. After you
match the drive’s password, you can change the computer (and drive) password. If
you forget the password, you cannot recover your data.
1. Click Start, Shut Down, Restart.