Acer 5910 manual Security

Security

The Security menu screen displays system passwords options to help safeguard and protect your computer from unauthorized use.

Field	Description	Value
Supervisor Password Is	Indicates whether a supervisor password is in use (Set) or not (Clear).
User Password Is	Indicates whether a user password is in use (Set) or not (Clear).
HDD Password Is	Indicates whether an HDD password is in use (HDD Password Set) or not
	(Clear).
Set Supervisor	When set, this password will allow the user to access and change all settings
Password	in the Setup Utility. Press Enter to configure.
Set User Password	When set, this password will restrict a user’s access to the Setup menus. Only
	the following menus will be accessible:
	System Time
	System Date
	Boot menu options
	All Exit menu options excluding Load Setup Defaults
	A supervisor password must first be set before creating a user password.
Set HDD Password	When set, this password will restrict a user’s access to the internal hard disk
	drive. It will be required during boot-up or when resuming from S4 mode
	(hibernation).
	Note: If this password is the same as the power-on password, it will not be
	required anymore at boot-up.
Password on Boot	Referred to as power-on password. When set, the	Disabled
	user or supervisor password will be required to boot	Enabled
	up the system or when resuming from S4 mode. A
	supervisor password must first be set before
	creating this password.

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