System Preferences - Wyse S10 Administrator's Manual

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Chapter 5

System Preferences

The System Preference dialog box allows you to select personal preferences such as
screen saver, time/date, and custom information settings.
Use the following guidelines for the General tab:
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Use the following guidelines for the Time/Date tab:
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Screen Saver - Allows you to select the type of screen saver you want. The default is
to Turn Off Screen. Other selections available include Flying Bubbles and Moving
Image (which are screen savers with the monitor remaining on).
Timer - Select a time after which the screen saver is to be activated (either 1 minute, 5
minutes, 10 minutes or default is 20 minutes). When the thin client is left idle for the
specified idle time, the screen saver is initiated.
Terminal Name - Allows entry of a name for the thin client. The default is a
14-character string composed of the letters WT followed by the thin client Ethernet
MAC address. Some DHCP servers use this value to identify the IP address lease in
the DHCP Manager display.
Time Zone - Allows you to select a time zone where the thin client operates (default is
Unspecified).
Enable Daylight Saving - Allows you to enable the daylight saving settings. When
selected, the six boxes must be properly configured to define the daylight saving
starting (month/week/day) and ending (month/week/day) periods. Use the following
guidelines:
Month - Specifies the month in the year from January through December.
Week - Select 1 through 4 for the week in the month. Week Last denotes the last week
in the month.
Day - Specifies the day of the week from Monday through Sunday.