HP Vectra XU PC – Setting Up
Configuring Your PC
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A cover lock, to protect your PC's accessories and switches.
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A system board
SECUR
switch, to protect the configuration (refer to ”Troubleshooting
and Error Messages”).
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User Password to:
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prevent someone starting the PC without entering the User Password
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prevent access to User Preferences in SETUP
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allow the keyboard, mouse, and control panel to be locked using either the Keyboard
Lock Button or Keyboard Lock Timer.
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System Administrator Password, to prevent access to the configuration settings in
SETUP.
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Start With Keyboard Locked. This can be used when the PC is a network server and a
User Password is set. In this mode, the PC can be restarted but the keyboard is locked
until the User Password is entered. (Refer to "Configuring the Network Interface".)
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Disabling starting (booting) from the PC's disk drives:
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Prevents the PC being started in your absence.
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Allows Remote Program Load to be used to start the PC from a network server.
(Refer to "Configuring the Network Interface".)
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Disabling the flexible disk drive to prevent application software and operating system
files being copied to or from the PC's mass storage devices.
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Disabling the IDE and SCSI integrated interfaces to prevent application software and
operating system files being copied to or from the PC's mass storage devices.
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Disabling the parallel and serial ports and the PCI Integrated Ethernet Adapter, to
prevent data being printed or copied onto a network.
You can disable the passwords using the system board
PSWRD
switch. (Refer to
“Troubleshooting and Error Messages”.)
To set the System Administrator Password:
1. In the Security Features group, highlight the
System Administrator Password
field.
2. Press
[ENTER]
, type your password, and press
[ENTER]
.
Type your password again, and type
[ENTER]
again to confirm it.
To set Start With Keyboard Locked:
1. Check that a User Password has been set.
2. Highlight the
Start With Keyboard Locked
field.
3. Press
[F7]
or
[F8]
to set the field to
Enabled
.
To disable access to disk drives:
1. To disable:
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Start From Flexible Disk
