Table 5. System setup options—Advanced menu (continued)
Advanced
Battery Charge Configuration
Set the battery charge settings with a preselected custom charge
start and stop.
Default: Adaptive
Advanced Battery Charge Configuration
Enable Advanced Battery Charge Configuration from the
beginning of the day to a specified work period.
Default: Disabled
Sleep Mode
Selects the power-saving state when your computer is idle.
Default: OS Automatic Selection
Maintenance
Data Wipe on next boot
Enables or disables data wipe on the next boot.
Default: Disabled
BIOS Recovery from Hard Drive
Enables the user to recover from certain corrupted BIOS
conditions from a recovery file on the user primary hard drive or
an external USB key.
BIOS Auto-Recovery
Enables BIOS to automatically recover BIOS without user actions.
Default: Disabled
SupportAssist System Resolution
Auto OS Recovery Threshold
Controls the automatic boot flow for SupportAssist System
Resolution Console and for the Dell OS Recovery tool.
Default: 2
SupportAssist OS Recovery
Enables or disables the boot flow for the SupportAssist OS
Recovery tool in the even of certain system errors.
Default: Disabled
Table 6. System setup options—Security menu
Security
Admin Password Status
Displays if the administrator password is clear or set.
System Password Status
Displays if the system password is clear or set.
Default: Not Set
HDD2 Password Status
Displays if the HDD password is clear or set.
Default: Not Set
Service Tag
Set your system’s Service Tag.
Admin Password
Allows you to set the administrator password. The administrator
password controls access to the system setup utility.
System Password
Allows you to set the system password. The system password
controls access to the computer at boot.
HDD2 password
Allows you to set, change, or delete the hard-disk drive
password.
Password Change
Allows you to permit or deny system password or HDD
password changes.
Default: Permitted
Computrace
Enables or disables the BIOS module interface of the optional
Computrace Service from Absolute Software.
System setup
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