HP OmniBook 800 Installation And Setup Manual page 63

System menu
Date and Time Sets the date and time.
Boot Devices Boot Device
"FDD First" is the typical PC boot, where drive A is searched first for a system disk, then drive C.
"HDD Only" boots the computer from drive C only. Provides protection from boot-sector virus.
PC Card Mode
"Legacy" configures the PC card slots as standard PCMCIA slots.
"Disable" allows a Plug-n-Play operating system to configure the card slots.
"CardBUS Mode" configures the card slots as CardBUS slots.
Boot Configuration
"Full" configures all devices at boot time. Compatible with a non-Plug-n-Play (PnP) system.
"Boot devices only" configures all devices at boot time except PnP ISA cards set up as boot devices.
Compatible with a PnP operating system, which configures such cards.
"Auto-detect" performs a boot-device-only or full configuration, depending on whether the operating
system last used was PnP or not.
Fast Boot. Skips the RAM test.
Force PCI Bridge configuration. Prevents certain versions of Windows NT from interfering with the PCI
configuration.
Docking Messages On or off. Provides prompts during docking and undocking.
Passwords
Password options "User Password required" sets whether a user password is required when the computer turns on, or
before undocking.
"Administrator Password required" sets whether PC ID changes are protected by the administrator
password.
"Disable hard disk drive lock" sets whether a user password with turn-on security can secure data on the
hard disk if the disk is moved to another computer.
Set Admin password The administrator password provides protection equal to the user password plus PC ID protection. The
administrator password can be used whenever the user password is requested, such as when changing
the user password.
Set User password The user password protects user events selected in Password Options, but doesn't give access to
protected administrator options, such as PC ID.
PC Identification Four text strings for name, company, address, phone, etc.
Enable Cache Enables faster performance by using cache memory.
Status Panel Enable On or Off. Sets whether the Status Panel can be displayed.
Status Panel Settings
Status Panel Position Sets the corner of the display where the Status Panel appears.
Items to Show Sets when each indicator appears in the Status Panel.
Changing the Configuration
Using the System Configuration Utility
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