PANEL1173-841 User’s Manual
Phoenix-Award BIOS Utility 57
3.14 Set Supervisor/User Password You can set either supervisor or user password, or both of then. The
differences between are:
1. Supervisor password: can enter and change the options of the
setup menus.
2. User password: just can enter but do not have the right to change
the options of the setup menus.
When you select this function, the following message will appear at the
center of the screen to assist you in creating a password.
ENTER PASSWORD:
Type the password with eight characters at most, and press <Enter>.
The password typed will now clear any previously entered password
from CMOS memory. You will be asked to confirm the password. Type
the password again and press <Enter>. You may also press <Esc> to
abort the selection and not enter a password.
To disable password, just press <Enter> when you are prompted to
enter password. A message will confirm the password being disabled.
Once the password is disabled, the system will boot and you can enter
Setup freely.
PASSWORD DISABLED.
When a password is enabled, you have to type it every time you enter
Setup. This prevents any unauthorized person from changing your
system configuration.
Additionally when a password is enabled, you can also require the
BIOS to request a password every time the system reboots. This would
prevent unauthorized use of your computer.
You determine when the password is required within the BIOS
Features Setup Menu and its Security option. If the Security option is
set to “System”, the password is required during boot up and entry into
Setup. If set as “Setup”, prompting will only occur prior to entering
Setup.