Note:Youmightwanttonoteyourpower-onpasswordinasafeplace.Otherwise,ifyouforgetit,you
havetotakeyourcomputertoaLenovoreselleroramarketingrepresentativetohavethepassword
canceled.
11.PressF10toexit.
Changingorremovingthepower-onpassword
Tochangethepower-onpassword,followthesteps1through9abovein“Settingapower-onpassword”on
page90,typingyourpasswordtogetaccesstotheThinkPadSetup.
Tochangethepassword,dothefollowing:
1.IntheEnterCurrentPasswordeld,typethecurrentpower-onpassword.
2.IntheEnterNewPasswordeld,typethenewpower-onpassword;thenretypethepasswordyoujust
enteredtoverifyitintheConrmNewPasswordeld.
3.Followstep10andstep11abovein“Settingapower-onpassword”onpage90tochangeyour
power-onpassword.
Toremovethepassword,dothefollowing:
1.IntheEnterCurrentPasswordeld,typethecurrentpower-onpassword.
2.LeavetheEnterNewPasswordandConrmNewPasswordeldsblank.
3.Followstep10andstep11abovein“Settingapower-onpassword”onpage90toremoveyour
power-onpassword.
Harddiskpasswords
Twotypesofharddiskpasswordshelpprotecttheinformationstoredontheharddisk:
•Userharddiskpassword
•Masterharddiskpassword,whichrequiresauserharddiskpassword
Ifauserharddiskpasswordhasbeenset,butnomasterharddiskpasswordhasbeen,theusermustenter
theuserharddiskpasswordinordertogainaccesstolesandapplicationsontheharddisk.
Themasterpasswordcanbesetandusedonlybyasystemadministrator.Likeamasterkey,itenables
theadministratortogetaccesstoanyharddriveinasystem.Theadministratorsetsthemasterharddisk
password;andnooneelseknowsit.Thentheadministratorsetsauserharddiskpasswordforeach
computerinthenetwork,andtellseachuserthepasswordforhisorhercomputer.Theusercanchangethe
userharddiskpasswordasdesired,buttheadministratorcanstillgetaccessbyusingthemasterpassword.
Note:Whenamasterharddiskpasswordisset,onlytheadministratorcanremovetheuserharddisk
password.
Settingaharddiskpassword
1.P rinttheseinstructions.
2.Saveallopenles,andexitallapplications.
3.T urnyourcomputeroffandthenonagain.
4.Whenthelogoscreenisdisplayed,pressF1.TheThinkPadSetupopens.
5.SelectSecurity,usingthecursordirectionalkeystomovedownthemenu.
6.SelectPassword.
7.SelectHardDiskxPassword,wherexisthenumberoftheharddiskdriveforwhichyouwantto
setapassword.
Chapter4.Security91