HP 2510EU, 2186AF, 2182US, 2182AT, 2182AF, 2181AF, 2180EA, 2180AF, 2180CA, 2179AF, 2178EA Security Menu

Troubleshooting and Maintenance

Configuring the Notebook

Security Menu

Setting	Description	Default
User Password is	Shows if a user password is set.	Clear
Administrator	Shows if an administrator password is set.	Clear
Password is
Set User Password	Press ENTER to set, change, or clear the user password.	Enter
	The password can have no more than 8 characters (0-9,
	A-Z), and cannot include special or accented characters.
Set Administrator	Press ENTER to set, change, or clear the administrator	Enter
Password	password, which protects BIOS Setup settings. The
	password can have no more than 8 characters (0-9, A-Z),
	and cannot include special or accented characters.
Require Password on	Sets whether a user password is required when the	Disabled
Boot	notebook boots. Requires the administrator password for
	changes.
Internal hard disk	Only if the Boot password option is enabled, encodes the	Disabled
drive lock	current user password (or administrator password if that is
	the only password set) on the hard disk drive.

Boot Menu

Setting	Description	Default
Hard Drive	Shows the order of boot devices. Move the	1.	Hard Drive
+Removable Devices	entries to change the order. If the notebook has	2.	Removable devices
CD-ROM Drive	more than one device in a + category, you can	3.	CD-ROM Drive
Built-in LAN	select the one scanned. Built-in LAN provides	4.	Built-in LAN
	diskless boot from a network server.

	Exit Menu
Setting	Description	Default
Save Changes and Exit	Saves Setup changes, and then exits and
	reboots.
Discard Changes and Exit	Discards any Setup changes made since last
	save, and then exits and reboots. Does not affect
	password, date, or time changes.
Get Default Values	Restores default settings, and remains in Setup.
	Does not affect password, date, or time changes.

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