Troubleshooting and Maintenance

Configuring the Notebook

Security Menu

Setting

Description

Default

 

 

 

User Password is

Shows if a user password is set.

Clear

 

 

 

Administrator

Shows if an administrator password is set.

Clear

Password is

 

 

 

 

 

Set User Password

Press ENTER to set, change, or clear the user password.

Enter

 

The password can have no more than 8 characters (0-9,

 

 

A-Z), and cannot include special or accented characters.

 

 

 

 

Set Administrator

Press ENTER to set, change, or clear the administrator

Enter

Password

password, which protects BIOS Setup settings. The

 

 

password can have no more than 8 characters (0-9, A-Z),

 

 

and cannot include special or accented characters.

 

 

 

 

Require Password on

Sets whether a user password is required when the

Disabled

Boot

notebook boots. Requires the administrator password for

 

 

changes.

 

 

 

 

Internal hard disk

Only if the Boot password option is enabled, encodes the

Disabled

drive lock

current user password (or administrator password if that is

 

 

the only password set) on the hard disk drive.

 

 

 

 

Boot Menu

Setting

Description

Default

 

 

 

 

Hard Drive

Shows the order of boot devices. Move the

1.

Hard Drive

+Removable Devices

entries to change the order. If the notebook has

2.

Removable devices

CD-ROM Drive

more than one device in a + category, you can

3.

CD-ROM Drive

Built-in LAN

select the one scanned. Built-in LAN provides

4.

Built-in LAN

 

diskless boot from a network server.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exit Menu

 

Setting

Description

Default

 

 

 

Save Changes and Exit

Saves Setup changes, and then exits and

 

 

reboots.

 

 

 

 

Discard Changes and Exit

Discards any Setup changes made since last

 

 

save, and then exits and reboots. Does not affect

 

 

password, date, or time changes.

 

 

 

 

Get Default Values

Restores default settings, and remains in Setup.

 

 

Does not affect password, date, or time changes.

 

 

 

 

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