start up the computer
boot up the computer

Our friend greeted me when I started up the computer this morning.

You can also choose an operating system each time you start up the computer.

Once I got used to it, it was a lot easier than starting up the computer just to grab one song.

To gain access to the encrypted area, users must type in the passphrase after starting up the computer.

A. "Booting," a common term for starting up the computer, is derived from the expression "pulling oneself up by the bootstraps."

Most versions of Windows check the registry each time you start up the computer, and then they make a backup of the file if it passes inspection.

When I started up the computer and flipped in a copy of Sterling's hard disk, I couldn't get any of the folders open.

A. A number of things might be compelling Windows XP to fire up your modem when you start up the computer.

So when you started up the computer, you'd have the supervisor, sort of an early form of an operating system, which would initialize the hardware interrupt on the so-called "counter timer," or a periodic interrupt which occurred very often, but not too often, typically several hundred times a second, something like that.

Once you're sure that everything is watertight, boot up the computer.

Sometimes officials have to do nothing more than boot up the computer to find a log-on and company name.

And now, with less than six weeks left before the filing deadline, it is time to boot up the computer.

I booted up the computer, logged on and heard the familiar - you have mail.

"We've got a foursome; boot up the computer and let's play bridge."

A short time later, Mickey booted up the computer and searched the hard drive for its contents.

She booted up the computer on his desk.

Lori was already nodding and booting up the computer.

Maybe she did sneak into the back room a couple of times to boot up the computer and check Margo's bookkeeping.

Rick booted up the computer and typed the password to access the network.

He'd barely hung his coat and booted up the computer when Angela phoned.

I found a red flag on the file when I booted up the computer this morning."

Catherine booted up the computer while Tommy paced to and fro in the tiny living room.

Lighting a thick pillar candle for light, she booted up the computer, then went to use the bathroom in the meanwhile.

He booted up the computer and checked the encrypted messages from his people on the West Coast.

I boot up the computer and, yes, there's a message from an American cyber pal, a fellow music fan.

He booted up the computer, reflecting.

Booting up the computer, she took a memory stick out of a shielded case and inserted it, tapping her fingers impatiently until everything finished loading.

After booting up the computer for the first time, an OEM software will prompt the user to create a recovery DVD.

Once I'd booted up the computer and rested my fingers on the keys I was almost surprised when they didn't start flying across the keyboard on their own.

Among other things, the BIOS - short for Basic Input/Output System - stores hardware settings and boots up the computer.

Those who argue that the computer should be left on at all times say that frequently booting up the computer stresses the circuitry with abrupt increases in voltage and temperature.

CHAPTER 6 I BOOTED UP the computer.

Even without the Chardonnay, on-line shopping took 50 minutes more because of the time it took to boot up the computer, surf the Web and, of course, recover from the occasional crash.

If the filtering software is located locally within the computer, all Internet software can be easily bypassed by booting up the computer in question from alternative media or with an alternative operating system.