Select this choice to set, change, or clear passwords. For information about
passwords, see “Passwords.”
This choice is on the full and limited Setup utility menu.
–Set Power-on Password
Select this choice to set or change a power-on password. For more
information, see “Power-on password” on page 101.
–Clear Power-on Password
Select this choice to clear a power-on password.
–Set Administrator Password
Select this choice to set or change an administrator password. An
administrator password is intended to be used by a system administrator; it
limits access to the full Setup utility menu. If an administrator password is
set, the full Setup utility menu is available only if you type the administrator
password at the password prompt. For more information, see “Administrator
password” on page 101.
–Clear Administrator Password
Select this choice to clear an administrator password.
vSave Settings
Select this choice to save the changes that you have made in the settings.
vRestore Settings
Select this choice to cancel the changes that you have made in the settings and
restore the previous settings.
vLoad Default Settings
Select this choice to cancel the changes that you have made in the settings and
restore the factory settings.
vExit Setup
Select this choice to exit from the Setup utility.If you have not saved the
changes that you have made in the settings, you are asked whether you want to
save the changes or exit without saving them.
Passwords
From the User Security menu choice, you can set, change, and delete a power-on
password and an administrator password. The User Security choice is on the full
Setup utility menu only.
If you set only a power-on password, you must type the power-on password to
complete the system startup and to have access to the full Setup utility menu.
An administrator password is intended to be used by a system administrator; it
limits access to the full Setup utility menu. If you set only an administrator
password, you do not have to type a password to complete the system startup, but
you must type the administrator password to access the Setup utility menu.
If you set a power-on password for a user and an administrator password for a
system administrator, you can type either passwordto complete the system
startup. Asystem administrator who types the administrator password has access
to the full Setup utility menu; the system administrator can give the user authority
to set, change, and delete the power-on password. Auser who types the power-on
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