# Configuring OSD Loader

> The OSD Loader settings, and what each one controls.

Source: https://docs.capaone.com/capainstaller/the-capainstaller-console/os-deployment/how-to-use-osd/configure-an-os-deployment-point/configuring-osd-loader/  
Product: CapaInstaller — a separate CapaSystems product; do not apply this page to any other.

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| **Element**                        | **Description**                                                                                                                                           |
| User name                          | Specify the user name that you want to use for connecting to the OSD share on the server.                                                                 |
| Password                           | Specify the password that you want to be used to validate against the server.                                                                             |
| Startup password                   | Specify this value to force a password at the start of WINPE boot sequence.                                                                               |
| No startup password on reinstall   | Specify if startup password should be on reinstall                                                                                                        |
| Show hardware information error    | specify weather to show hardware information errors or not                                                                                                |
| Disable command prompt             | Set this to True to prevent users from opening a command prompt using CTRL+F10 during the OSDLOADER process.                                              |
| Run command prompt on error        | Specify if you want a command prompt to be displayed if OSD Loader is unable to locate and launch OSD GUI.                                                |
| Maximum network retries            | Specify the number of retries OSD will do to connect to the OSD share, increase this number to remediate issues with network timeouts during OSD startup. |
| No startup password on reinstall   | If a startup password is specified it will be required for reinstallations also, unless this option is enabled.                                           |
| Translate servername to IP address | Disable this option to prevent OSD from converting the servername supplied for reinstallation, to an IP address.                                          |
| Show hardware information on error | Allow users to browse hardware information if OSD is unable to startup correctly, this is very useful when troubleshooting network driver issues.         |