Fujitsu Siemens Computers V1020 manual Exiting from the Security Menu

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Table 13: 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
Password is:				is set 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 Pass-
Password				word 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 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	–—		[Enter]	This field can only be accessed if the Supervisor Password is set. Sets,
Password				changes or cancels the User Password. A User Password may be up to
				seven characters long and must include only letters or numbers (no sym-
				bols). Passwords are NOT case-sensitive. To cancel a password press
				[Enter] key instead of entering characters 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
Password Length:				set a password shorter than the minimum length.
Password on Boot:	■	Disabled	[Disabled]	When set to First Boot, a password (User or Supervisor) is required just
	■	First Boot		once after the Power On Self Test (POST) before the operating system will
	■	Every Boot		be read from a disk. When set to Every Boot, a password (User or Supervi-
				sor) 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 pass-
				word is required.
On Automatic	■	Disabled	[Disabled]	When disabled, password entry is not required when the system wakes up
Wake up:	■	Enabled		automatically. When enabled, password entry is required upon wake up.
Boot from	■	All	[All]	Supervisor only allows access to boot the computer to removable media
Removable	■	Supervisor		after the Supervisor Password is entered.
Media:		only
Flash Write:	■	Disabled	[Enabled]	When disabled, the BIOS Flash memory will be write protected.
	■	Enabled
Hard Disk	–—		–—	Configures hard disk security features
Security:
Owner	–—		–—	Sets Owner information.
Information:

Exiting from the Security Menu

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.

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