Parameter

Description

Option

 

 

 

Set HDD Password

When shown as [Locked], the hard drive

Enter

 

password currently can not be changed

 

 

or disabled.

 

 

To change or disable it, turn off the

 

 

system and enter Setup immediately after

 

 

turning it back on.

 

 

Press [Enter] to input change, or disable

 

 

hard drive password.

 

 

 

 

Password on boot

Defines whether a password is required

Disabled

 

or not while the events defined in this

Enabled

 

group happened. The following sub-

 

 

options are all requires the Supervisor

 

 

password for changes and should be

 

 

grayed out if the user password was used

 

 

to enter setup.

 

 

Allows the user to specify whether or not

 

 

a password is required to boot.

 

 

 

 

Set Supervisor/User Password

If password on boot is required, the password must be set otherwise it cannot be enabled. The formats of the password are as follows:

Length

No more than 8 characters

Characters 0-9,A-Z (not case sensitive)

While these fields are highlighted and press “Enter”, a window similar to the following is shown:

Set SupervisorPassword

 

Enter New Password

[

]

Confirm New Password

[

]

 

 

 

If there is an old password then setup will prompt with the following window instead and a current password will be required to be entered at first:

Set Supervisor Password

 

 

Enter current password

[

]

Enter New Password

[

]

Confirm New Password

[

]

 

 

 

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