•On each submenu, press Enter to show selectable options and select a desired option, or type desired values from the keyboard directly.
•Some items are displayed on the menu only if the computer supports the corresponding features.
The following table lists the Config menu items.
Table 3. Security menu items
Menu item | Submenu item | Selection | Comments | |
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Password | Supervisor Password | • | Disabled | Refer to “Supervisor password” on |
| Password Status | • | Enabled | page 40. |
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| Lock UEFI BIOS Settings | • | Disabled | Enable or disable the function that |
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| • | Enabled | protects items in the ThinkPad |
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| Setup program from being changed | ||
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| by unauthorized users. By default, |
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| this is set to Disabled. If you set |
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| the supervisor password and enable |
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| this function, no one but you can |
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| change the items in the ThinkPad |
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| Setup program. |
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| Password at unattended | • | Disabled | If you select and Enable Password |
| boot | • | Enabled | at unattended boot, a password |
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| prompt is displayed when the | ||
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| computer is turned on, from a |
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| Disabled, no password prompt is |
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| displayed; the computer goes ahead |
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| and loads the operating system. To |
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| prevent unauthorized access, you |
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| can set the user authentication on |
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| the operating system. |
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| Password at restart | • | Disabled | If you select and Enable Password |
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| • | Enabled | at restart, a password prompt is |
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| displayed when you restart the | ||
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| computer. If you select Disabled, |
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| no password prompt is displayed; |
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| the computer goes ahead and loads |
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| the operating system. To prevent |
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| unauthorized access, you can set |
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| the user authentication on the |
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| operating system. |
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| Set Minimum Length | • | Disabled | Specify a minimum length for |
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| • | x characters | |
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| passwords. If you set the supervisor | ||
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| (4≤x≤12) | |
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| password and specify a minimum | |
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| length for passwords, no one but |
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| you can change the length. |
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| • | Disabled | Refer to | |
| Password Status | • | Enabled | page 38. |
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| Hard Disk1 Password | • | Disabled | Refer to “Hard disk passwords” on |
| Password Status | • | Enabled | page 38. |
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