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Security
The Security screen contains parameters that help safeguard and protect your computer from unauthorized
use.
The table below describes the parameters in this screen. Settings in boldface are the default and suggested
parameter settings.
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.
Parameter Description Option
Set User Password Press Enter to set the user password.
When set, this password protects the
BIOS Setup Utility from unauthorized
access.
Length -- No more than 8
characters
Characters -- 0-9, A-Z (not
case sensitive)
Set Supervisor Password Press Enter to set the administrator
password. When set, this password
protects the BIOS Setup Utility from
unauthorized access.
Password on Boot Defines whether a password is required
or not while the events defined in this
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.
Check
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Main Advanced Security Boot E xit
Set Supervisor Password
Set User Password
_ Passwor d on Boo t -------- ----Set Superviso r p assword- ----------- ----
Enter old Supervi sor passw ord: . . . . . . . . . .
Enter new Supervi sor Passw ord: . . . . . . . . .
Verify new Superviso r Passwo rd: . . . . . . . . .
OK Cancel
Enter new password. Password will NOT be displayed
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