Exiting from the Security Menu

L i f e B o o k E S e r i e s B I O S

Table 14: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Security Menu

Menu Field	Options		Default	Description


Supervisor	–—		Clear	A display-only field. Set is displayed when the system supervisor password is set
Password is:				and Clear when it is not.

User Password is:	–—		Clear	A display-only field. Set is displayed when the general user
				password is set, and Clear when it is not.

Set Supervisor	–—		[Enter]	Sets, changes or cancels the Supervisor Password. The Supervisor Password may
Password				be up to seven characters long and must include only letters or numbers (no
				symbols). Passwords are NOT case-sensitive. To cancel a password press the
				Enter key instead of entering characters in the Enter New Password field and in
				the Re-enter New Password field. When a Supervisor Password is set it must be
				used to access the BIOS setup utility.

Set User Password	–—		[Enter]	This field can only be accessed if the Supervisor Password is set. Sets, changes or
				cancels the User Password. A User Password may be up to seven characters long
				and must include only letters or numbers (no symbols). Passwords are NOT
				case-sensitive. To cancel a password press [Enter] key instead of entering char-
				acters in the Enter New Password field and in the Re-enter New Password field.
				When a User Password is set it must be used to access the BIOS setup utility.

Minimum User	–—		[0]	Supervisor can set password length (0 to 8) for user password. User cannot set a
Password Length:				password shorter than the minimum length.

Password on Boot:	■	Disabled	[Disabled]	When set to First Boot, a password (User or Supervisor) is required just once
	■	First Boot		after the Power On Self Test (POST) before the operating system will be read
	■	Every Boot		from a disk. When set to Every Boot, a password (User or Supervisor) is required
				every time after the Power On Self Test (POST) before the operating system will
				be read from a disk. When set to Disabled no password is required.

On Automatic	■	Disabled	[Disabled]	When disabled, password entry is not required when the system wakes up auto-
Wake up:	■	Enabled		matically. When enabled, password entry is required upon wake up.

KB Lock on	■	Disabled	[Disabled]	When set to Enabled, the PS/2 mouse and keyboard inputs are locked out upon
Resume:	■	Enabled		Resume from Suspend or Save to Disk mode until you enter the password.
				When set to Disabled no password is required. If no Supervisor Password is set,
				this feature is not available and no password is required.

Boot from	■	All	[All]	Supervisor only allows access to boot the computer to removable media after
Removable Media:	■	Supervisor only		the Supervisor Password is entered.

Flash Write:	■	Disabled	[Enabled]	When disabled, the BIOS Flash memory will be write protected.
	■	Enabled

Hard Disk Security:	–—		–—	Configures hard disk security features

Owner	–—		–—	Sets Owner information.
Information:

TPM (Security	___		___	Opens the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Security Chip Setting submenu to
Chip) Setting				configure the Security Chip.

Security Panel on	■	Disabled	[Enabled]	Enables or disables the Security Panel feature upon Resume from Suspend.
Resume:	■	Enabled

When you have finished setting the parameters on the Security Menu, you can either exit from setup utility or move to another menu. If you wish to exit from setup utility, press the [Esc] key to go to the Exit Menu. If you wish to move to another menu, use the cursor keys.