Acer 6492 manual Password Conventions, Clear or Set, Symbol Character Symbol Name

The table below describes the parameters in this screen. Settings in boldface are the default and suggested parameter settings.

Parameter	Description	Option
Supervisor Password Is	Shows the setting for the Supervisor	Clear or Set
	password
User Password Is	Shows the setting for the user password	Clear or Set
HDD Password Is	Shows the setting for the HDD password	Clear or Set
Set Supervisor Password	Press Enter to set the supervisor
	password. When set, this password
	protects the BIOS Setup Utility from
	unauthorized access. The user can not
	either enter the Setup menu nor change
	the value of parameters
Set User Password	Press Enter to set the user password.
	When user password is set, this
	password protects the BIOS Setup Utility
	from unauthorized access. The user can
	enter Setup menu only and does not
	have right to change the value of
	parameters
Set HDD Password	Press Enter to set the HDD password.
	When HDD password is set, this
	password protects the Primary HDD
Password on Boot	Defines whether a password is required	Disabled or Enabled
	or not while the events defined in this
	group happen. 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
Current TPM State
Change TPM State

Note: When you are prompted to enter a password, you have three tries before the system halts. Don’t forget your password. If you forget your password, you may have to return your notebook computer to your dealer to reset it.

Password Conventions

All the passwords must obey the following rules:

qAll the passwords can be set/cleared in BIOS Setup Security screen.

qThe password entry consists up to 8 alphanumeric characters. At least 1 character must be assigned in this field.

The valid keys are listed in the table below:

Symbol Character	Symbol Name
A — Z	Alphabet A through Z (Not Case
	Sensitive)
0 — 9	Numeric Characters
-	Dash

Chapter 2 53