Date/Time menu

If you need to set the current date and time of your computer, select Date/Time from the ThinkPad Setup menu. The following submenu is displayed:

System Date

System Time

To change the date and time, do the following:

1.Using the up and down arrow keys, select the item to change-date or time.

2.Press Tab, Shift Tab, or Enter to select a field.

3.Type the date or time.

Note: Another way to adjust date and time is press the “–” or “+” key.

Security menu

If you need to set the security features of your computer, select Security from the ThinkPad Setup menu.

The following table lists the Security menu items.

Notes:

Default values are in boldface. The default settings are already optimized for you. If you consider changing the computer configuration, proceed with extreme caution. Setting the configuration incorrectly might cause unexpected results.

On each submenu, press the Enter key to show selectable options and select a desired option by using cursor key, or type desired values from the keyboard directly.

Some items are displayed on the menu only if the computer supports the corresponding features.

Table 6. Security menu items

Menu item

Submenu item

Value

Comments

 

 

 

 

 

Password

Hardware Password

Disabled

Manage your power-on password, supervisor

 

Manager

Enabled

password, and your hard disk passwords.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supervisor Password

Disabled

See “Supervisor password” on page 52.

 

 

Enabled

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lock UEFI BIOS

Disabled

Enable or disable the function that protects items

 

Settings

Enabled

in ThinkPad Setup from being changed by a user

 

 

who does not have the supervisor password. By

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

default, this is set to Disabled. If you set the

 

 

 

 

supervisor password and enable this function, no

 

 

 

 

one but you can change any items in ThinkPad

 

 

 

 

Setup.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Set Minimum Length

Disabled

Specify a minimum length for power-on

 

 

x characters

passwords and hard disk passwords. If you set

 

 

the supervisor password and specify a minimum

 

 

 

(4≤x≤12)

 

 

 

length for passwords, no one but you can change

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the length.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Password at

Disabled

If you select and enable Password at unattended

 

unattended boot

Enabled

boot, a password prompt is displayed when the

 

 

computer is turned on, from either a power-off

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mode or hibernation mode, by an unattended

 

 

 

 

event such as Wake on LAN. If you select

 

 

 

 

Disabled, no password prompt is displayed; the

 

 

 

 

 

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Lenovo 23539KU manual Date/Time menu, Security menu, Menu item Submenu item Value Comments Password