University of the East

College of Business Administration

Activity #2 PC SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION

Guliban, Joy Ann P. BCO 111 - BHA

GRADE

I. OBJECTIVE: After the activity students must able to:

1. Operate BIOS Program of the PC assigned to you. 2. Determine the operating system and applications programs installed in the PC assigned to you. 3. Use the operating system and MS Word application program installed.

II. MATERIALS USED

*Computer Number: 39 *Software used: Ontiplex 360 - (BIOS), Microsoft Windows XP Professional Version 2002 Service Pack 3 (Operating System) and MS Word (Application Software) *Others: pen, scratch paper, book

III. TOPIC HIGHLIGHTS

* Refer to pages 18-19 - Software and the two major classifications of it. i. Systems Software ii. Applications * Refer to page 40 - Parts of Desktop (Example: Microsoft Windows XP) * Refer to pages 57-58 - Parts of Microsoft word and its definition

IV. DATA
DELL SYSTEM 360 SYSTEM group provides basic system information and contains options to modify the date, time and boot sequence. * SYSTEM INFO - System = Ontiplex 360 - BIOS Version = A01 (11/28/08) * PROCESSOR INFO - Processor Type = Intel (R) Core (TM) 2 Duo CPU E7400 @ 2.80 GHz - Processor Clock Speed = 2.79 GHz - Processor Bus Speed = 1066 MHz - Processor L2 Cache = 3 MB * MEMORY INFO - Installed Memory = 2.0 GB - Memory Speed = 800 MHz - Memory Channel Mode = Dual Symmetric - Memory Technology = DDR2 5DRAM * PCI INFO - (No connected device) * DATE/TIME - The date is accurate but the time is not accurate * BOOT SEQUENCE 1. Onboard or USB Floppy Drive 2. Onboard SATA Hard Drive 3. Onboard or USB CD-ROM Drive 4. Onboard Network Controller 5. USB Device

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DRIVES group contains options and settings related to drives and the hard drive controller. Diskette Drive SATA - 0 SATA - 1 SATA 2 SMART Reporting

ONBOARD DEVICES integrated system devices. Integrated NIC Integrated Audio USB Controller Front USB Ports PCI Slots LPT Port Mode LPT Port Address Serial Port # 1

group contains options and settings related to

VIDEO group contains options and settings related to the video controller. Primary Video PERFORMANCE speed and efficiency. Multiple CPU Core SpeedStep Limit CPUID Value HDD Acoustic Mode group contains options and settings related to system

SECURITY group contains options and settings related to passwords and system security. Admin Password System Password SATA - 0 Password SATA 1 Password SATA 2 Password Password Changes Execute Disable Computrace (R) POWER MANAGEMENT system power consumption. AC Recovery Auto Power On Auto Power Time Low Power Mode Remote Wake Up Suspend Mode group contains options and settings to regulate

MAINTENANCE system management. Service Tag SERR Message Load Defaults Event Log

group contains option and settings related to general

POST BEHAVIOR group contains option and settings related to system behavior during Power On Self Test (POST) Fast Boot Numlock Key Post Hotkeys Keyboard Errors COMPUTER # 39 1. What is your operating system? Microsoft Windows XP Professional Version 2002 Service Pack 3 2. What are the utilities? (20) Date and Time Security Center Flash Player Network Setup Wizard Power Options Game Controllers Speech Automatic Update Windows Firewall Backup Fonts Accessibility Options User Accounts Error-checking Defragmentation Internet Options Scanners & Cameras Sounds and Audio Devices Display Fonts

3. What are the Application Software? (10) Microsoft Word Windows Media 2010 Player Microsoft Excel Windows Movie 2010 Maker Microsoft Adobe Reader PowerPoint XI 2010 Solitaire

Microsoft Publisher 2010 MSN Internet Explorer

V. ILLUSTRATION
Process Happening In Computer
1. ROM BIOS stores the first instruction in the start up program, which is the instruction to run the POST

2. Once the POST has determined that all components are functioning properly and the CPU has successfully initialized, the BIOS looks for an Operating System to load and the order of drives that the CMOS looks to in order to locate the OS is called the booting sequence

3. Once the OS initializes, the BIOS copies its files into memory and the OS basically takes over control of the boot process. Now in control, the OS performs another inventory of the system's memory (RAM) and memory availability (which the BIOS already checked) and loads the device drivers that it needs to control the peripheral devices, such as a printer, scanner, optical drive, mouse and keyboard.

Parts of Desktop (Example: Windows Microsoft XP)

Mouse pointer

Icons

Notification

Desktop Start Menu Button Taskbar

Parts of Microsoft Word

Quick Access Toolbar

Tab

Title Bar Menu Bar

Dialog Box Launcher Group

Status Bar

View Buttons

VI. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

1. What are the significance of setting up the BIOS/CMOS? The significance of setting up BIOS/CMOS is to make the computer successfully boot for which the user can access the systems applications to perform tasks. 2. What is the OS installed in the PC assigned to you? Microsoft Windows XP Professional Version 2002 Service Pack 3 3. List down all application software program that are installed. Microsoft Word 2010 Microsoft Excel 2010 Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 Windows Media Player Windows Movie Maker Adobe Reader XI Solitaire Pinball MSN Internet Explorer Microsoft Publisher 2010 Microsoft One Note 2010 4. What is the difference between right and left button clicking of mouse in terms of menu presentation? The difference is the right button pops out the list of utilities on that menu or list of possible actions for an object while left button is selecting something usually a certain file, as a target for some action.

VII. DISCUSSION
During our first activity, we had a new atmosphere in our computer laboratory because last meeting we were in room 215 but now, the lab that we used for activity number 2 is room 205. If last meeting I was in the front row, now I am on the last row from the right because most of my classmates come first. Then, Sir Pablo told us to open our computer and the number of my computer is 39. After that, he told us how to access to BIOS so we turned on our computer and tap F2 until the DELL SYSTEM 360 appeared. After it appeared, we jot down all the data that listed in every menu and their definition including the submenu. We also tried to pause/break key to stop when we turned on the computer. After that, we turned off the computer. Next meeting, we copied the objectives and the entire format for activity number 2. After that, Sir Pablo explained the Process happening in the computer, He said ROM BIOS which is *Ontiplex 360 stores the first instruction in the start up program, which is the instruction to run the POST. Once the POST (Power-On-Self-Test) has determined that all components are functioning properly and the CPU has successfully initialized, the BIOS looks for an Operating System to load and the order of drives that the CMOS looks to in order to locate the OS is called the booting sequence. *(Example of POST is KEYBOARD ERROR which appears in your screen if there is a problem and also warning sound that you may hear). Once the OS initializes, the BIOS copies its files into memory and the OS basically takes over control of the boot process. Now in control, the OS performs another inventory of the system's memory (RAM) and memory availability (which the BIOS already checked) and loads the device drivers. *Hanging up causes of RAM memory full. Next meeting, we turned our computer and opened MS Word and print screen the Desktop and MS word and we label the parts of it on MS Word. After that we save our document in our folder. Last meeting, we turned our computer and opened -My Computer- rightclick the Local Disk (C:) and click the properties- click Tools tab and we also opened the Control Panel. But in our computer, it doesnt appeared because there is an system properties said that it was unauthorized so Sir Pablo showed it on the projector and all the listed of it were example of Utilities so we jot down it. After that, we also listed the examples of Application Software. Sir Pablo explained also the difference of right and click button that right button pops out the list of utilities on that menu while left button is selecting something usually a certain file. After that, we turned off our computer.

VIII. CONCLUSION
After the activity, I conclude that all the listed in objectives were confirmed that we were able to operate BIOS Program of the PC assigned to me, determine the operating system and applications programs installed in the PC assigned to me and we also use the operating system and MS Word application program installed.

IX. ATTACHMENTS