Configuration software and utilities | BIOS Setup |
5.3.5Security Menu
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User password is | Set | When you enter your user password, | |
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| Clear | this option automatically changes to |
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| Set. |
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Administrator | Set | When you enter an administrator | |
password is | Clear | password, this option automatically | |
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| changes to Set. |
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Set user password | Press Enter | The user password controls the boot | |
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| process (to enter a password, press |
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| Ú and follow the screen prompts). |
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Set administrative | Press Enter | Access to the Setup utility is | |
password |
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| password (to enter a password, press |
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| Ú and follow the screen prompts). |
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Password on boot | Disabled | Requires entry of a password before | |
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| Enabled | boot (the system remains in secure |
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| mode until you enter the password; |
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| Password on Boot takes precedence |
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| over Secure Mode Boot). |
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Secure Mode Timer | Disabled | Specifies the | |
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| 1 min. | keyboard or mouse inactivity before |
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| 2 min. | the secure mode is activated (you |
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| 5 min. | must enter a password in order to |
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| 10 min. | work in secure mode). |
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| 20 min. |
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| 1 hr. |
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| 2 hr. |
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Secure Mode Hot Key | Disabled | Selects a hot key (pressing | |
([Ctrl]+[Alt]+?) | [A, B,...,Z] | [Ctrl]+[Alt]+your hot key places the | |
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| system in secure mode). |
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| The key combination must not conflict with the | |
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| key combinations in any application. | |
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Table 16: Security options
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