Security

The Security screen contains parameters that help safeguard and protect your computer from unauthorized use.

 

 

 

 

Phoenix SecureCore(tm) Setup Utility

Rev. 3.5

 

Information

Main

 

Security

Boot

Exit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supervisor Password Is:

Clear

 

Item Specific Help

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

User Password Is:

 

Clear

 

Install or Change the

 

 

HDD Password Is:

 

Clear

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

password and the length

 

 

Set Supervisor Password

[Enter]

 

of password must be

 

 

Set User Password

 

[Enter]

 

greater than one word.

 

 

Set Hdd Password

 

[Enter]

 

 

 

 

Power on password

 

[Disabled]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F1

Help

Select

Item

F5/F6

Change

Values

F9

Setup

Default

ESC

Exit

Select

Menu

Enter

Select

SubMenu

F10

Save

and Exit

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 of the Supervisor password

Clear or Set

User Password Is

Shows the setting of the user password.

Clear or Set

 

 

 

IDEO HDD Password Is

Shows the setting of 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 set this

 

 

protects the HDD from unauthorized access.

 

 

 

 

Power on password

Defines whether a password is required or not while

Disabled or

 

the events defined in this group happened. The sub-

Enabled

 

options all require the Supervisor password for

 

 

changes and should be grayed out if the user

 

 

password was used to enter setup.

 

 

 

 

NOTE: When you are prompted to enter a password, you have three tries before the system halts. Don’t forget the password. If you forget the password, you may have to reset the computer.

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