Security functions
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Configuring password protection in BIOS Setup

!Before using the various options of password protection for your data security i n t he BIOS
Setup, please note the following hints:
• Please keep in mind your passwords in any case, as you will not be able to access
your BIOS Setup and/or your system any longer, if you forget both the user password
and the supervisor password.
The loss of passwords is not a warranty case and is therefore subject to charge.
• Back up your data on external data carriers at regular intervals.
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Passwords can be up to eight characters long. You can use all alphanumeric characters
and need not distinguish between uppercase and lowercase characters.

Protecting BIOS Setup (supervisor and user password)

We recommend that you print out the following instructions, as these cannot be di s played while
setting the password.
You prevent unauthorised opening of the BIOS Setup with both the supervisor and the user
password. With the supervisor password you have access to all functions of the BIOS Setup, and
with the user password only to part of the functions. You can only set a user pas s word if a
supervisor password has already been assigned.
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Please refer to section "Settings in BIOS Setup" for a description of c alling and operating
the BIOS Setup.
Set the supervisor and user password
Ê Call BIOS Setup and select the Startup menu.
Ê Mark the Set Supervisor Password field and press the Enter key.
With Enter new Password: you are then requested to enter a password.
Ê Enter the password and press the Enter key.
With Re-Enter new Password you are asked to confirm the password.
Ê Enter the password again and press the Enter key.
With Notice: Changes have been saved you receive a confirmation that the new password has been
saved.
Ê To assign the user password, mark the field Set User Password and proceed exactly as when
configuring the supervisor password.
If you do not want to make any other settings, you can exit BIOS Setup.
Ê Select the Exit Saving Changes option in the Exit menu.
The notebook is rebooted and the new password is effective. If you now want to open the BIOS
Setup, you must first enter your supervisor or user password. Please note that y ou only have access
to a few BIOS settings with the user password.