User's Manual

Chapter6.UsingtheSetupUtility

TheSetupUtilityprogramisusedtoviewandchangethecongurationsettingsofyourcomputer,regardless

ofwhichoperatingsystemyouareusing.However,theoperating-systemsettingsmightoverrideanysimilar

settingsintheSetupUtilityprogram.

StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram

TostarttheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.Ifyourcomputeristurnedonwhenyoustartthisprocedure,shutdowntheoperatingsystemand

turnoffthecomputer.

2.PressandholdtheF1keythenturnonthecomputer.Whenyouhearmultiplebeeps,releasetheF1key.

Notes:

a.IfyouareusingaUSBkeyboardandtheSetupUtilityprogramdoesnotdisplayusingthismethod,

repeatedlypressandreleasetheF1keyratherthanleavingitpressedwhenturningonthecomputer.

b.Ifauserpasswordoranadministratorpasswordhasbeenset,theSetupUtilityprogrammenuisnot

displayeduntilyoutypeyourpassword.Formoreinformation,see“Usingpasswords”onpage41.

TheSetupUtilityprogrammightstartautomaticallywhenPOSTdetectsthathardwarehasbeenremovedor

newhardwarehasbeeninstalledinyourcomputer.

Viewingandchangingsettings

TheSetupUtilityprogrammenulistsitemsthatidentifysystemcongurationtopics.Tovieworchange

settings,see“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage41.

WhenworkingwiththeSetupUtilityprogrammenu,youmustusethekeyboard.Thekeysusedtoperform

varioustasksaredisplayedatthebottomofeachscreen.

Usingpasswords

ByusingtheSetupUtilityprogram,youcansetpasswordstopreventunauthorizedpersonsfromgaining

accesstoyourcomputeranddata.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage41

.Thefollowing

typesofpasswordsareavailable:

•UserPassword

•AdministratorPassword

Youdonothavetosetanypasswordstouseyourcomputer.However,ifyoudecidetosetanypasswords,

readthefollowingsections.

Passwordconsiderations

Apasswordcanbeanycombinationofupto12alphabeticandnumericcharacters(a-zand0-9).For

securityreasons,itisagoodideatouseastrongpasswordthatcannotbeeasilycompromised.Passwords

shouldadheretothefollowingrules:

•Tosetastrongpassword,haveatleasteightcharactersinlengthandcontainatleastonealphabetic

characterandonenumericcharacter

•SetupUtilityprogramandharddiskdrivepasswordsarenotcasesensitive