HP Presario F500 Compaq Presario F500 and G6000 Notebook PC - Maintenance and - Page 73

Closing the Setup Utility, Setup Utility menus, Main menu, Security menu - bios

Get HP Presario F500 - Notebook PC PDF manuals and user guides View all HP Presario F500 manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals

Page 73 highlights

Closing the Setup Utility You can close the Setup Utility with or without saving changes. ● To close the Setup Utility and save your changes from the current session, use either of the following procedures: ◦ Press f10, and then follow the instructions on the screen. - or - ◦ If the Setup Utility menus are not visible, press esc to return to the menu display. Then use the arrow keys to select Exit> Exit Saving Changes, and then press enter. When you use the f10 procedure, you are offered an option to return to the Setup Utility. When you use the Exit Saving Changes procedure, the Setup Utility closes when you press enter. ● To close the Setup Utility without saving your changes from the current session: If the Setup Utility menus are not visible, press esc to return to the menu display. Then use the arrow keys to select Exit > Exit Discarding Changes, and then press enter. After the Setup Utility closes, the computer restarts in Windows. Setup Utility menus The menu tables in this section provide an overview of Setup Utility options. NOTE: Some of the Setup Utility menu items listed in this section may not be supported by your computer. Main menu Select System information To do this ● View and change the system time and date. ● View identification information about the computer. ● View specification information about the processor, memory size, system BIOS, and keyboard controller version (select models only). Security menu Select Administrator password Power-On Password To do this Enter, change, or delete an administrator password. Enter, change, or delete a power-on password. Closing the Setup Utility 65

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 67
  • 68
  • 69
  • 70
  • 71
  • 72
  • 73
  • 74
  • 75
  • 76
  • 77
  • 78
  • 79
  • 80
  • 81
  • 82
  • 83
  • 84
  • 85
  • 86
  • 87
  • 88
  • 89
  • 90
  • 91
  • 92
  • 93
  • 94
  • 95
  • 96
  • 97
  • 98
  • 99
  • 100
  • 101
  • 102
  • 103
  • 104
  • 105
  • 106
  • 107
  • 108
  • 109
  • 110
  • 111
  • 112
  • 113
  • 114
  • 115
  • 116
  • 117
  • 118
  • 119
  • 120
  • 121
  • 122
Closing the Setup Utility
You can close the Setup Utility with or without saving changes.
●
To close the Setup Utility and save your changes from the current session, use either of the following
procedures:
◦
Press
f10
, and then follow the instructions on the screen.
— or —
◦
If the Setup Utility menus are not visible, press
esc
to return to the menu display. Then use the
arrow keys to select
Exit> Exit Saving Changes
, and then press
enter
.
When you use the
f10
procedure, you are offered an option to return to the Setup Utility. When
you use the Exit Saving Changes procedure, the Setup Utility closes when you press
enter
.
●
To close the Setup Utility without saving your changes from the current session:
If the Setup Utility menus are not visible, press
esc
to return to the menu display. Then use the arrow
keys to select
Exit > Exit Discarding Changes
, and then press
enter
.
After the Setup Utility closes, the computer restarts in Windows.
Setup Utility menus
The menu tables in this section provide an overview of Setup Utility options.
NOTE:
Some of the Setup Utility menu items listed in this section may not be supported by your computer.
Main menu
Select
To do this
System information
●
View and change the system time and date.
●
View identification information about the computer.
●
View specification information about the processor, memory
size, system BIOS, and keyboard controller version (select
models only).
Security menu
Select
To do this
Administrator password
Enter, change, or delete an administrator password.
Power-On Password
Enter, change, or delete a power-on password.
Closing the Setup Utility
65