The Password Options dialog box gives you the following options for password security: • Admin Password required to save changes to PC Identification. You must enter the Admin password in order to change the PC Identification text. • Turn ON, Always. You must enter the password every time you turn on the OmniBook—even if it turned itself off after a period of inactivity. • Turn ON, after FN+OFF. You must enter the password when you turn on the OmniBook after having turned it off by pressing FN+On/Off. Note that using this option with an external keyboard (such as with a docking system) results in a reboot as well as a password lock.
This is because FN maps to CTRL+ALT on an external keyboard, and CTRL+ALT+OFF turns the OmniBook off and reboots it. • Undock. You must enter the password in order to undock the OmniBook from a docking system. To turn off password protection • Simply clear all the option boxes. This retains your password, but does not invoke it. Editing System Files The operation of your system depends in part on four key system files on drive C: CONFIG.SYS, AUTOEXEC.BAT, WIN.INI, and SYSTEM.INI. For example, the settings that specify your Windows environment are stored in WIN.INI. In addition, many applications store setup information in configuration files.
In certain special situations you may want to edit these files— but normally you don’t need to do this . To edit system files The SysEdit program automatically backs up a copy of the original file and gives it the extension .SYD. 1. Click Start and Run. 2. Type sysedit and choose OK. 3. Click the window for the file you want to edit and make the changes. 4. From the File menu, choose Save to save the changes for the system file in the active window. 5. Exit Windows and restart (reboot) the computer. If the system doesn’t reboot successfully, see “Rebooting the OmniBook” . To recover system files 46