Dell 2100/180, 2100/200 Password Options

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Password Options
Table 4-2 lists several ways the supervisor and user pass-
word and the Password On Boot category can be used to
provide security for your system.
Table 4-2. Password Options
Supervisor
Password User
Password1Password
on Boot Boot Prompt Setup Prompt Comments
Enabled Disabled Enabled Yes Yes2You are prompted for a password at
boot and for access to System Setup.
Supervisor password must be entered
for system to boot. Supervisor pass-
word must be entered at setup prompt
for full use3 of System Setup.
Enabled Disabled Disabled No Yes2Your are not prompted for a password
at boot. Supervisor password must be
entered at setup prompt for full use3 of
System Setup.
Enabled Enabled N/A Yes Yes You are prompted for a password at
boot and for access to System Setup.
If supervisor password is entered, you
have full use of System Setup and
access to the diskette drive. If user
password is entered, you have partial2
use of System Setup and can access
the diskette drive only if the Diskette
Access category is set to User.
Disabled N/A N/A No No You are not prompted for a password
at boot or for access to System Setup.
You can change any category in Sys-
tem Setup.
1The system always requests a password at boot if the user password is enabled.
2If you press <Esc> at the setup password prompt, you can access the System Setup program, but can change only the categories
described in note 3 below.
3The user can change only the Date, Time, Num Lock, Speaker, and Set User Password categories unless the supervisor pass-
word is entered.