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Setup Utility
The Setup Utility is a utility for setting the computer's operating environment (password
settings, startup drive selection, etc.). The following six menu items are available.
[Information], [Main], [Advanced], [Security], [Boot], [Exit]
1
Turn on or restart the computer.
2
Press
F2
while [Panasonic] boot screen is displayed soon after the
computer begins the startup procedure.
If [Enter Password] is displayed, enter your password.
When the Setup Utility is started with Supervisor Password
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You can register all items of the Setup Utility.
When the Setup Utility is started with User Password
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You can not register [Advanced] menu and [Boot] menu.
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On [Security] menu:
• [Set Supervisor Password] and [Hard Disk Lock] will not be displayed.
• [Password on boot], [Setup Utility Prompt], [Boot First Menu], [User
Password Protection], [MP Floppy Operation] and [Legacy USB Support]
will be displayed, but cannot be set.
• The User Password can be changed only when [User Password
Protection] has been set to [No Protection]. The User Password cannot be
deleted.
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[Get Default Values] will not be displayed on [Exit] menu.
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F9
does not work.
NOTE
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When [Password on boot] in the Setup Utility is set to [Disable], the password is not
necessary when the computer is started up, but the password becomes necessary
when the Setup Utility is started up. This alternative makes it possible to prevent the
contents of the Setup Utility from being changed.
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If you fail to press
F2
at the right moment, the Setup Utility will not start up. In this
case, power off the computer and try again.
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To close the Setup Utility, press
Esc
, select the exiting method in [Exit] menu, then
press
Enter
.
Running the Setup Utility