Securitymenu

Ifyouneedtosetthesecurityfeaturesofyourcomputer,selectSecurityfromtheThinkPadSetupprogram

mainmenu.

ThefollowingtableshowsthecontentsoftheSecuritymenu.

Notes:

•Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyifthecomputersupportsthecorrespondingfeatures.

•Defaultvaluesareinboldface.

Table5.Securitymenuitems
MenuitemSubmenuitemSelectionComments
SupervisorPassword•Disabled
•Enabled
Referto“Supervisor
password”onpage52.
LockUEFIBIOSSettings•Disabled
•Enabled
Enablesordisablesthe
functionthatprotects
itemsintheThinkPad
Setupprogramfrom
beingchangedbyauser
whodoesnothavethe
supervisorpassword.
Bydefault,thisissetto
Disabled.Ifyousetthe
supervisorpasswordand
enablethisfunction,no
onebutyoucanchange
anyitemsintheThinkPad
Setupprogram.
SetMinimumLength•Disabled
•Passwordlengthoptions
Specifyaminimumlength
forthepower-onpassword
andharddiskpassword.
Bydefault,thisissetto
Disabled.Ifyousetthe
supervisorpasswordand
specifyaminimumlength
forpasswords,noonebut
youcanchangethelength.
Passwordatunattended
boot
•Disabled
•Enabled
Ifyouselectandenable
Passwordatunattended
boot,apasswordprompt
isdisplayedwhenthe
computeristurnedon,
fromeitherapower-off
stateorhibernationstate.
IfyouselectDisabled,
nopasswordpromptis
displayed;thecomputer
goesaheadandloads
theoperatingsystem.
Topreventunauthorized
access,settheuser
authenticationonthe
operatingsystem.
Password
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