L i f e B o o k N S e r i e s N o t e b o o k B I O S
Table 13: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Security Menu
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Set Supervisor |
| [Enter] | Sets, changes or cancels the Supervisor Password. Supervisor’s Password | ||
Password |
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| may be up to eight characters long and must include only letters or numbers |
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| (no symbols). Passwords are NOT |
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| the Enter key instead of entering characters in the Enter New Admin Pass- |
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| word field and in the Verify New Admin Password field. When a Supervisor |
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| Password is set it must be used to access the BIOS setup utility. |
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Set User Password |
| [Enter] | This field can only be accessed if the Supervisor Password is set. Sets, | ||
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| changes or cancels the User Password. The User Password may be up to |
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| eight characters long and must include only letters or numbers (no symbols). |
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| Passwords are NOT |
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| instead of entering characters in the Enter New User Password field and in |
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| the Verify New User Password field. When a User Password is set it must be |
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| used to access the BIOS setup utility. |
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Minimum User |
| [Enter] | Supervisor can set password length (0 to 8) for user password. User cannot | ||
Password Length |
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| set a password shorter than the minimum length. |
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Password on Boot | ■ |
| (Selected) | [ __ ] | When selected, a password (User or Supervisor) is required every time after |
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| the Power On Self Test (POST) before the operating system will be read |
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| from a disk. When unselected, no password is required. |
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On Automatic | ■ |
| (Selected) | [ __ ] | When unselected, it is not necessary to enter a password to wake up from |
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Wake up |
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| LAN or Real Time Clock (RTC). When selected, it is still necessary to enter a |
| ■ | ___ | (Unselected) |
| password after automatic |
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KB Lock on Resume | ■ |
| (Selected) | [ __ ] | When selected, the mouse and keyboard inputs are locked out upon Resume |
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| from Suspend or Save to Disk mode until you enter the password. When |
| ■ | ___ | (Unselected) |
| unselected, no password is required. If no Supervisor Password is set, this |
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| feature is not available and no password is required. |
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Boot from | ■ |
| (Selected) |
| When selected, booting from removable media is not restricted. When |
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Removable Media |
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| Supervisor Only is selected, only the Supervisor (i.e., the user who enters |
| ■ | ___ | (Unselected) |
| Supervisor password), can boot from removable media. |
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Flash Write | ■ |
| (Selected) |
| When set to [Disabled], the BIOS Flash memory is write protected. |
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| ■ | ___ | (Unselected) |
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Hard Disk Security |
| Configures hard disk security features | |||
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Owner Information |
| Sets Owner information. | |||
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