
Summary of software security features
The following table lists the software security features and describes what protection each offers. In general, to enable or set the features listed here, you must run the BIOS Setup utility and go to the Security Menu. The table also refers to other Setup utility menus. For more information on setting the security features, see “About the BIOS Setup utility” on page 65.
Feature | Description | |
Secure boot mode | To enter secure mode, set and enable a password to automatically put the | |
| system into secure mode. | |
| If you set a | |
| the key combination. This means you do not have to wait for the inactivity | |
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| When the system is in secure mode, the system boots and runs the | |
| operating system. It does not accept mouse or keyboard input until you enter | |
| the user password. | |
| At bootup, if the system detects a CD in the | |
| in drive A, it requests a password. When you enter the password, the system | |
| boots from CD or diskette and disables secure mode. | |
| If you have not installed a | |
| or diskette in drive A, the system boots from drive C and automatically | |
| enters secure mode. All enabled secure mode features go into effect at | |
| bootup. | |
| To leave secure mode, enter the correct password(s). | |
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Disable writing to | In secure mode, the system will not boot from or write to a diskette unless | |
diskette | a password is entered. To set these features, see “About the BIOS Setup | |
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Disable the power and | If you enable this protection feature, the system disables the power and | |
reset buttons | reset buttons when in secure mode. | |
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Set a | You can specify and enable an inactivity | |
so that keyboard and | 120 minutes. If no keyboard or mouse action occurs for the specified period, | |
mouse input are not | keyboard and mouse input is not accepted. To set this feature, see “About | |
accepted. | ||
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Control access to the | To control access to the system configuration, set an administrator | |
BIOS Setup (set | password and enable it through Setup. | |
administrator | If both the administrator and user passwords are enabled, either can be | |
password) | ||
used to boot the system or enable the keyboard and/or mouse, but only | ||
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| the administrator password allows changes to Setup. | |
| Once set, passwords can be disabled by setting the password to a null string | |
| or by changing the Clear Password jumper. See “Password Clear jumper” | |
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