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Note: If you run the SSU from a read-only media (CD-ROM, for
example), these preferences are lost when you exit from the SSU.
Setting boot device priority
To change the boot priority of a device:
1 From the SSU Main window, choose Boot Devices.
2 In the Multiboot Options Add-in window, select a device.
3 Click the Move Up button to move it up in the list. Click the Move
Down button to move it down
Setting passwords and security options
You can set a user password and an admin password. On some
systems, you must set an admin password before you can set a user
password. On other systems, the passwords are independent. You can
set the same passwords and security options by using BIOS setup (refer
to page 113).
• Mode Lets you set the desired expertise level:
novice, intermediate, or expert.
The expertise level determines which tasks are
visible in the Available Tasks section and
which actions each task performs. For a new
mode setting to take effect, you must exit the
SSU and restart it.
• Language Lets you change the text in the SSU interface
to the appropriate language. For a new
language setting to take effect, you must exit
from the SSU, then restart it.
• Other Lets you show or hide the status bar at the
bottom of the SSU Main window. The change
takes effect immediately.
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