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LifeBook P Series BIOS
Exiting from the Security Menu

When you have finished setting the parameters on the

Security Menu, you can either exit from setup utility or

move to another menu. If you wish to exit from setup

utility, press the [Esc] key to go to the Exit Menu. If you

wish to move to another menu, use the cursor ke ys.

Table 12: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Security Menu

Menu Field Options Default Description
Supervisor
Password is: –— Clear A display-only field. Set is displayed w hen the system supervisor pass-
word is set and Clear when it is not.
User Password is: –— Clear A display-only field. Set is displayed when the gen eral user
password is set, and Clear when it is not.
Set Supervisor Pass-
word –— [Enter] Sets, changes or cancels the Supervisor Password. The Supervisor
Password may be up to seven characters long and must include only
letters or numbers (no symbols). Passwords are NOT
case- sensitive. To cancel a password press the Enter key instead of
entering characters in the Enter New Password field and in the
Re-enter New Password field. When a Supervisor Password is set
it must be used to access the BIOS setup utility.
Set User Password –— [Enter] Can only be accesse d if Supervisor Password is set. Sets, changes or
cancels the User Password. The User Password may be up to seven
characters long and must include only letters or numbers (no sym-
bols). Passwords are NOT case-sensitive. To cancel a password press
the Enter key instead of entering characters in the Enter New Pass-
word field and in the Re-enter New Password field. When a User
Password is set it must be used to access the BIOS setup utility.
Minimum User
Password Length: –— [0] –—
Password on Boot: •Disabled
•First Boot
•Every Boot
[Disabled] When set to Disabled, no password is required. When set to First
Boot, password entry required only before first boot. Wh en Every
Boot is selected, password required whenever the system is booted.
Password On Resume: •Disabled
•Enabled
[Disabled] When Enabled, PS/2 keyboard and mouse inputs are locked out upon
Resume From Suspend or Save-to-Disk until entering password.
Boot from Removable
Media: •All
•Supervisor only
[All] When Supervisor Only is selected, only the Supervisor can boot from
removeable media. Only the user who enters the Supervisor Password
before OS boot is treated as the Supervisor.
When All is selected, boot from removeable media is not restricted.
Floppy Disk Access: •All
•Supervisor only
[All] When Supervisor Only is selected, only the Supervisor can access the
floppy disk. Only the user who enters the Supervisor Password b efore
OS boot is treated as the Supervisor. When All is selected, floppy disk
access is not restricted.
Hard Disk Security: –— –— Configures hard dis k security features.
Owner Information: –— –— Sets Owner information.
Hard Disk Boot Sec-
tor: •Normal
•Write Protected
[Normal] Sets protection mode for hard disk drive.
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