Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes one or more connectors configured to connect external devices, and circuitry. The circuitry is configured to detect that the external devices are connected to the one or more connectors, and to authenticate access of a user based on an order in which the external devices are connected to the one or more connectors.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes one or more connectors configured to connect external devices, and circuitry. The circuitry is configured to detect that the external devices are connected to the one or more connectors, and to authenticate access of a user based on an order in which the external devices are connected to the one or more connectors.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes an input controller and circuitry. The input controller is configured to receive a password. The circuitry is configured to detect an external device which is externally connected, and to determine whether the password received by the input controller matches a password set in association with the detected external device.

Abstract: One embodiment provides an information processing apparatus including: a setting module configured to allow an administrator to set usable-date/time information during which a user is allowed to use the information processing apparatus; a storage module configured to store the usable-date/time information which is set by the administrator; and a control module configured to control use of the information processing apparatus by the user based on the stored usable-date/time information.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus including: an input unit that allows a user to input operation; an input controller that receives the operation input through the input unit; a data conversion unit that converts console data, which is output from another apparatus used as a serial console, into code data that is recognizable by an operating system; a console data output unit that outputs the console data to the data conversion unit; and a code data output unit that outputs the code data provided by the data conversion unit to the input controller.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus comprising a forming section which forms a copy of the received data stored in a disk storage medium to a nonvolatile memory in response to occurrence of a sleep event, a setting section which sets a timing at which the system is set to the working state when the system state is changed to the sleeping state, a recovering section which recovers the system to the working state at the set timing, a receiving section which receives data of electronic mail after recovery to the working state, an adding section which adds the received data of electronic mail to the received data stored in the nonvolatile memory, and a synchronizing section which synchronizes the received data stored in the disk storage medium with the received data stored in the nonvolatile memory.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a processor which make access to memory address space into which a first area allocatable for main storage and a second area allocatable for components inherent in a system and I/O devices are mapped, a physical memory which functions as the main storage, a storage device stored with allocation size information, an allocation unit which allocates the physical memory to the first area using the allocation size, and a changing unit which changes the allocation size information stored in the storage device in accordance with the configuration of I/O devices allocatable for the second area.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing device which is configured to execute suspending and resuming, the information processing device include a display controller which generates a video signal, a first storage unit in which a program to initialize the display controller is stored, a second storage unit which stores the program stored in the first storage unit during the suspending, and an executing section which executes the program stored in the second storage unit during the resuming.

Abstract: According to on embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a memory comprising a first area and a second area, the second area comprising alternatively a first type of memory address space or a second type of memory address space depending upon a designation set by the apparatus user, and an assignment unit configured to assign the second area to be one of either type of memory address space as selected by the user.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory module includes a RAM used to constitute a main memory and an SPD for storing first SPD data. A flash ROM is allocated to a memory space the CPU can access directly. A storing module reads out first SPD data from the SPD and stores the first SPD data as second SPD data into an SPD storage area of the flash ROM. A setting module, when the power supply of the personal computer is turned on, carries out an initial setting process for causing the RAM to function as a component element of the main memory on the basis of the SPD data stored in the SPD storage area.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a connection port to which an external storage device is detachably connectable, a determination unit which determines whether a format type of a memory medium, which is built in the external storage device connected to the connection port, is a first format type corresponding to a hard disk image or a second format type corresponding to a flexible disk image, and a drive number assignment unit which assigns a first drive number, which designates a hard disk drive, to the external storage device in a case where the format type of the memory medium is the first format type, and assigns a second drive number, which designates a flexible disk drive, to the external storage device in a case where the format type of the memory medium is the second format type.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method of controlling an operating frequency of a control unit of an apparatus having the control unit for controlling processing operation, includes accepting designation of an upper limit value of the frequency, calculating a value of the frequency in accordance with a type of processing operation, comparing the value of the frequency and the upper limit value, and when the value of the frequency is smaller than the upper limit value as a result of comparison, controlling to operate the control unit at an operating frequency having the value calculated, and controlling to operate the control unit at an operating frequency having the upper limit value when the value of the frequency is not smaller than the upper limit value.