Dell OptiPlex 745 User Manual

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NOTE: Switching to performance mode may cause the drive to be noisier, but its performance is not affected.Changing the acoustics setting does not alter your hard-drive image.SecurityUnlock Setup(Lockeddefault)When an administrator password is being used, allows the user access to modify system setup settings. Enter the administratorpassword at the prompt to unlock system setup. If the correct password is not entered here, the user can view but not modify systemsetup fields.Admin Password(Not Setdefault)Displays the current status of your system setup program's password security feature and allows you to verify and assign a new adminpassword.System Password(Not Setdefault)Displays the current status of the system's password security feature and allows a new system password to be assigned and verified.Drive 0-nPassword(Not Setdefault)Displays the current status of the hard drive's password security feature and allows a new hard drive password to be assigned andverified.PasswordChanges(Unlockeddefault)Determines the interaction between the System password and the Admin password. Locked prevents a user without a valid Adminpassword from being able to modify the System password. Unlocked allows a user with a valid System password to modify the systempassword.ChassisIntrusion(On-Silentdefault)When enabled and the switch installed, this option alerts the user, during the next computer start-up, that the computer cover has beenopened. The settings are On, On-Silent (default setting), and Off.IntrusionDetectedAcknowledges and clears a chassis intrusion alert.TPM Security(Off default)Enables or disables the Trusted Platform Module security device.TPM Activation(Deactivatedefault)Activates or deactivates the Trusted Platform Module security device. The Clear option clears any data stored by a user that haspreviously activated and used TPM.NOTE: In order to activate Trusted Platform Module, the TPM Security option must be set to On.Execute Disable(On default)Enables or disables Execute Disable memory protection technology.Computrace(Deactivatedefault)Enables or disables the BIOS interface of the optional Computrace service from Absolute Software. This optional monitoring service mustbe purchased separately.Activate permanently enables the BIOS-Computrace interface. Disable permanently disables the BIOS-Computrace interface. Deactivatetemporarily deactivates the BIOS-Computrace interface.NOTE: By activating service, you consent to transmission of data from your computer to the Computrace server.Power ManagementACRecovery(Offdefault)Determines how the system responds when AC power is re-applied after a power loss. Off commands the system to stay off when the power isre-applied. You must press the front-panel power button before the system turns on. On commands the system to turn on when the power isre-applied. Last commands the system to return to the last power state the system was in just before it was turned off.Auto PowerOn(Offdefault)Sets the computer to automatically turn on. Off disables this feature. Everyday turns the computer on every day at the time set in Auto PowerTime. Weekdays turns the computer on every day from Monday through Friday at the time set in Auto Power Time.NOTE: This feature does not work if you turn off your computer using the switch on a power strip or surge protector.Auto PowerTimeSets time to automatically turn on the computer.Time is kept in the standard 12-hour format (hours:minutes). Change the startup time by pressing the right- or left-arrow key to increase ordecrease the numbers, or type numbers in both the date and time fields.Low PowerMode(Offdefault)When Low Power Mode is selected, remote wakeup events will no longer power up the computer from Hibernate or Off via the onboardnetwork controller.