4.2 System Configuration

"System Settings" is a set of tools that configure or query a variety of properties for the entire operating system, mainly including the following contents:

4.2.1 Date & time

4.2.2 Perferred Applications

4.2.3 Desktop

4.2.4 Screen locker

4.2.5 Account details

4.2.6 Im Config

4.2.7 Users and groups

4.2.8 Boot Manager

4.2.9 Disk encryption

4.2.1 Date & time

Set the date and time by clicking the current time in the taskbar at the lower right corner of the desktop. In this interface, you can enter "Date & Time" interface by clicking the "Date & time". As shown in the figure:

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The figure above is "Date & Time" entrance of configuration. Click "Date & time " to open the "Date & time" interface; and can also click the "Start Menu"→"System Settings" , and click "Date & time" in the system configuration bar to open the "Date and time" interface. If you do not use network time, you can turn off the "network time" option. After modified, check whether the time in the lower right corner of the taskbar has been successfully modified. As shown below:

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For "Date & time" interface as shown in the above figure, the system provides the following functional configuration.

1. Regular modifications for year, month, day and hour and minute;

2. The number of weeks showed in the calendar;

3. Date display format;

4. Date format in the date component;

5. After completed the settings, you can click "Lock" to lock the settings.

4.2.2 Perferred Applications

In the system, there are many types of documents and program that can operate the same type of files. In this case, when you open a file, if want to use the specified program directly open the corresponding format file, you need to open the default settings.

The system provides the default open settings for opening the specific program. Click the "Start Menu"→ "System Settings" to open the "System Settings" interface. Then click the "Perferred Applications "to open the "Perferred Applications" main interface. As shown below:

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Click the drop-down list that is next to the corresponding format to configure the program you want to use and open it. If there is only one option in the drop-down list, it indicates that the current system has installed only one format operation program.

When you don't want to open or prompt automatically, click "Removable Media" tab, and select the checkbox in the lower left corner "Never prompt or launch the program when the media is inserted".

4.2.3 Desktop

Use the "Desktop" tool to control the configuration of the program icons displayed on the system desktop, including whether to display the computer icon, home directory icon, recycle bin, attach volume, and network server.

Click the "Start Menu"→ "System Settings" to open the "System Settings" interface. Click "Desktop" to launch the desktop icon settings interface. Select the checkbox which is required to display on the desktop icon, and do not select the checkbox which is not needed to display. As shown in the figure:

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4.2.4 Screen locker

"Screen locker " tool is used to set manual screen lock, which contains asking whether the action takes effect, whether adjust the brightness, time interval of automatically turning off the screen, whether launch the screen lock, the screen lock-time for no operation, and whether enter a password when wake up the standby status, etc.

Click the "Start Menu"→ "System Settings" to open the "System Settings" interface. Click "Screen locker" to launch screen lock settings interface, and you can configure in accordance to your request in this interface. For example, asking users about departure massage when configuring the screen lock, configuring the lock when the screen turned off, and configuring a password that is required to enter when wake up the standby status. The configuration page is shown as below:

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4.2.5 Account details

Click the "Start Menu"→ "System Settings" to open the "System Settings" interface. Select "Account Details" to open the account details tool.

The account detail is used to view the current user's name and password

4.2.6 Users and groups

Utilizing user and group management tools, you can easily manage user and account types in your system, including creation, examination, account management, passwords, permissions, and other operations.

Click the "Start Menu"→ "System Settings" to open the "System Settings" interface, and select "Users and Groups" to open users and groups tools.

Notes: user and group management tools must be run as administrators.

4.2.6.1 View user and account types

In the user and group interface, there is the basic information of the existing account in the current system, including user name, account type, password, and group. As shown in the figure:

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4.2.6.2 Add new users

Click the "Add" button at the bottom of account list to appear the guidance for adding account, as shown in the figure:

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As shown above, in the "Add Account" interface, select the "Account Type" for the newly created account, and enter the full name and user name; then click "Add" to complete the addition of the new account.

4.2.6.3 Delete account

Click the "Delete" button at the bottom of account list to appear the guidance for deleting account, as shown in the figure.

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As shown above, the deleting account will pop up a confirmation prompt.

4.2.7 Im Config

Click the "Start Menu"→ "System Settings" to open the "System Settings" interface. Select the " Im Config" to open the input method information window.

4.2.8 Boot Manager

Click the "Start Menu"→ "System Settings" to open the "System Settings" interface. Select "Boot Manager" to open the configuration.

4.2.9 Disk encryption

Click the "Start Menu"→ "System Settings" to open the "System Settings" interface. Select "disk encryption" to open the configuration.