
L i f e B o o k N S e r i e s N o t e b o o k B I O S
Table 13: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Security Menu
Menu Field  | Options  | Default  | Description  | ||
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Set Supervisor  | 
  | [Enter]  | Sets, changes or cancels the Supervisor Password. Supervisor’s Password  | ||
Password | 
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  | may be up to eight characters long and must include only letters or numbers  | 
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  | (no symbols). Passwords are NOT   | 
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  | the Enter key instead of entering characters in the Enter New Admin Pass-  | 
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  | word field and in the Verify New Admin Password field. When a Supervisor  | 
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  | Password is set it must be used to access the BIOS setup utility.  | 
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Set User Password  | 
  | [Enter]  | This field can only be accessed if the Supervisor Password is set. Sets,  | ||
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  | changes or cancels the User Password. The User Password may be up to  | 
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  | eight characters long and must include only letters or numbers (no symbols).  | 
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  | Passwords are NOT   | 
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  | instead of entering characters in the Enter New User Password field and in  | 
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  | the Verify New User Password field. When a User Password is set it must be  | 
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  | used to access the BIOS setup utility.  | 
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Minimum User  | 
  | [Enter]  | Supervisor can set password length (0 to 8) for user password. User cannot  | ||
Password Length  | 
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  | set a password shorter than the minimum length.  | 
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Password on Boot  | ■  | 
  | (Selected)  | [ __ ]  | When selected, a password (User or Supervisor) is required every time after  | 
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  | the Power On Self Test (POST) before the operating system will be read  | 
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  | from a disk. When unselected, no password is required.  | 
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On Automatic  | ■  | 
  | (Selected)  | [ __ ]  | When unselected, it is not necessary to enter a password to wake up from  | 
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Wake up  | 
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  | LAN or Real Time Clock (RTC). When selected, it is still necessary to enter a  | 
  | ■  | ___  | (Unselected)  | 
  | password after automatic   | 
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KB Lock on Resume  | ■  | 
  | (Selected)  | [ __ ]  | When selected, the mouse and keyboard inputs are locked out upon Resume  | 
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  | from Suspend or Save to Disk mode until you enter the password. When  | 
  | ■  | ___  | (Unselected)  | 
  | unselected, no password is required. If no Supervisor Password is set, this  | 
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  | feature is not available and no password is required.  | 
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Boot from  | ■  | 
  | (Selected)  | 
  | When selected, booting from removable media is not restricted. When  | 
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Removable Media  | 
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  | Supervisor Only is selected, only the Supervisor (i.e., the user who enters  | 
  | ■  | ___  | (Unselected)  | 
  | Supervisor password), can boot from removable media.  | 
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Flash Write  | ■  | 
  | (Selected)  | 
  | When set to [Disabled], the BIOS Flash memory is write protected.  | 
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  | ■  | ___  | (Unselected)  | 
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Hard Disk Security  | 
  | Configures hard disk security features  | |||
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Owner Information  | 
  | Sets Owner information.  | |||
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