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Restarting Your Computer
Method
How to Invoke
Action Performed
Hard boot
Turn the computer off for five
seconds, then back on, by pressing
the power On/Off button at the
front of the computer.
Runs memory tests and clears all
terminate stay resident programs
(TSRs) and memory registers.
Soft boot
Press [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Del].
Does not run memory tests but
clears all terminate stay resident
programs (TSRs) and memory
registers.
Computer Security
Computer security is important to prevent theft or accidental loss of your computer software
and hardware. The Starion Minitower PC computer provides the following levels of
protection:
•
Password on boot
•
Supervisor and user password
•
Diskette access
•
Diskette write protection
•
Reminder messages
Refer to Chapter 2 “Configuring Your Computer Using BIOS Setup” for more
information on security features.
