HP 2512AH, 2500, 2186AF, 2183AF, 2182US, 2182AT, 2182AF, 2181AF, 2180EA, 2180AF, 2180CA, 2509 Security Menu

		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	Enter
		password. 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	Enter
	Password	administrator 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 drive lock	Only if the Boot password option is enabled,	Disabled
		encodes the current user password (or
		administrator password if that is the only password
		set) on the hard drive.
		Boot Menu
Setting		Description	Default
Hard Drive		Shows the order of boot devices. Move the entries	1. Hard Drive
+Removable Devices		to change the order. If the notebook has more than	2. Removable devices
CD-ROM Drive		one device in a + category, you can select the one	3. CD-ROM Drive
Built-in LAN		scanned. Built-in LAN provides diskless boot from a	4. Built-in LAN
		network server.
		Exit Menu
	Setting	Description	Default
	Save Changes and Exit	Saves Setup changes, then exits and reboots.
	Discard Changes	Discards any Setup changes made since last save,
	and Exit	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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