Date and 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 to select the item to change the date or time.
2.Press Tab, Shift Tab, or Enter to select a field.
3.Type the date or time.
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.
•In 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
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Password | Hardware Password | • | Disabled | Manage your |
| Manager | • | Enabled | password, and your hard disk passwords by the |
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| Supervisor Password | • | Disabled | See “Supervisor password” on page 54. |
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| Lock UEFI BIOS | • | Disabled | Enable or disable the function that protects items |
| Settings | • | Enabled | in ThinkPad Setup from being changed by a user |
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| default, this is set to Disabled. If you set the |
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| supervisor password and enable this function, no |
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| one but you can change any items in ThinkPad |
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| Set Minimum Length | • | Disabled | Specify a minimum length for |
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| • | x characters | passwords and hard disk passwords. If you set |
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| length for passwords, no one but you can change | |
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| the length. |
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| Password at | • | Disabled | If you select and enable Password at unattended |
| unattended boot | • | Enabled | boot, a password prompt is displayed when the |
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| state or hibernation state, by an unattended event |
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| such as Wake on LAN. If you select Disabled, |
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| no password prompt is displayed; the computer |
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| goes ahead and loads the operating system. |
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