3.Typethedateortime.

Note:Anotherwaytoadjustthedateandtimeispressthe“–”or“+”key.

Securitymenu

Ifyouneedtosetthesecurityfeaturesofyourcomputer ,selectSecurityfromtheThinkPadSetupmenu.

ThefollowingtableliststheSecuritymenuitems.

Notes:

•Defaultvaluesareinboldface.Thedefaultsettingsarealreadyoptimizedforyou.Ifyouconsider

changingthecomputerconguration,proceedwithextremecaution.Settingthecongurationincorrectly

mightcauseunexpectedresults.

•Oneachsubmenu,pressEntertoshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoption,ortypedesired

valuesfromthekeyboarddirectly.

•Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyifthecomputersupportsthecorrespondingfeatures.

Table5.Securitymenuitems
MenuitemSubmenuitemSelectionComments
Supervisor
Password
•Disabled
•Disabled
See“Supervisorpassword”onpage52.
LockUEFIBIOS
Settings
•Disabled
•Enabled
Enableordisablethefunctionthatprotects
itemsinThinkPadSetupfrombeing
changedbyauserwhodoesnothavethe
supervisorpassword.Bydefault,thisis
settoDisabled.Ifyousetthesupervisor
passwordandenablethisfunction,noone
butyoucanchangeanyitemsinThinkPad
Setup.
Passwordat
unattendedBoot
•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectandenablePasswordat
unattendedboot,apasswordpromptis
displayedwhenthecomputeristurnedon,
fromeitherapower -offstateorhibernation
state,byanunattendedeventsuchasWake
onLAN.IfyouselectDisabled,nopassword
promptisdisplayed;thecomputergoes
aheadandloadstheoperatingsystem.To
preventunauthoriz edaccess,settheuser
authenticationontheoper atingsystem.
SetMinimum
Length
•Disabled
•xcharacters
(4≤x≤12)
Specifyaminimumlengthforpower-on
passwordsandharddiskpasswords.Ifyou
setthesupervisorpasswordandspecifya
minimumlengthforpasswords,noonebut
youcanchangethelength.
Power-On
Password
•Disabled
•Enabled
See“P ower-onpassword”onpage50.
Password
HardDiskx
Password
•Disabled
•Enabled
See“Har ddiskpasswords”onpage50.
Note:HardDisk1meansthattheharddisk
driveisbuiltintoyourcomputer.
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