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26 Chapter 3
Setting System Preferences
The System Preference dialog box allows you to select personal preferences such as time
zone, screen saver, mouse speed and left/right buttons, keyboard language, and so on.
Figure 10 System Preference - General tab
Use the following guidelines:
• Time Zone - Allows you to select a time zone where the terminal operates (default is
Unspecified).
Note
Time zone is supported by MetaFrame XP FR2 release or later.
• Enable Daylight Saving - Allows you to enable the daylight saving settings. When
selected, the six list boxes must be properly configured to define the daylight saving
starting (month/week/day) and ending (month/week/day) periods. Use the following
guidelines:
• Month - Specifies the month in the year from January through December.
• Week - Select 1 through 4 for the week in the month. Week Last denotes the last
week in the month.
• Day - Specifies the day of the week from Monday through Sunday.
• Screen Saver - Allows you to select the type of screen saver you want. The default is
to Turn Off Screen. Other selections available include Flying Bubbles and Moving
Image (which are screen savers with the monitor remaining on).
• Timer - Select a time after which the screen saver is to be activated (default is 20
minutes). When the thin client is left idle for the specified idle time, the screen saver is
initiated.
• Terminal Name - Allows entry of a name for the thin client. The default is a
14-character string composed of the letters WT followed by the thin client Ethernet
MAC address. Some DHCP servers use this value to identify the IP address lease in
the DHCP Manager display.