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. v Save 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 password to complete the system startup. A system 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. A user who types the power-on

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