Using the Setup Program
Security Menu
Maintenance Main Advanced
Security
Power Boot Exit
The menu shown in Table 20 is used to set passwords and security features.
Table 20. Security Menu
If no password entered previously:
Feature
Supervisor Password Is
User Password Is
Set Supervisor Password
Options
No options
No options
Password can be up to seven alphanumeric characters.
Description
Reports if there is a supervisor password set.
Reports if there is a user password set.
Specifies the supervisor password.
Set User Password
Clear User Password
(Note 1)
User Access Level
(Note 2)
Unattended Start
(Notes 1, 3, and 4)
Notes:
Password can be up to seven alphanumeric characters.
•Yes (default)
•No
•Limited
•No Access
•View Only
•Full (default)
•Enabled
•Disabled (default)
Specifies the user password.
Clears the user password.
Sets BIOS Setup Utility access rights for user level.
Enabled allows system to complete the boot process without a password. The keyboard remains locked until a password is entered. A password is required to boot from a diskette.
1.This feature appears only if a user password has been set.
2.This feature appears only if both a user password and a supervisor password have been set.
3.If both Legacy USB Support (in the Peripheral Configuration submenu) and Unattended Start (in the Security menu) are enabled, USB aware operating systems can unlock a PS/2 style keyboard and mouse without requiring the user to enter a password.
4.When Unattended Start is enabled, a USB aware operating system may override user password protection if used in conjunction with a USB keyboard and mouse without requiring the user to enter a password.
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