•Toremovetheharddiskpassword,typethecurrentpasswordintheEnterCurrentPasswordeld.
ThenleavetheEnterNewPasswor dandConrmNewPasswordeldsblank,andpressEnter.A
SetupNoticewindowisdisplayed.PressF10toexitfromtheSetupNoticewindow.Theuserhard
diskpasswordwillberemoved.
TochangeorremovetheUser+Masterharddiskpasswords,selectUserHDPorMasterHDP.
IfyouchooseUserHDP,dothefollowing:
•Tochangetheuserharddiskpassword,typethecurrentuserharddiskpasswordorthecurrentmaster
harddiskpasswordintheEnterCurrentPasswordeld.Thentypethenewuserharddiskpasswordin
theEnterNewPasswordeld,andretypethepasswordyoujustenteredtoverifyitintheConrmNew
Passwordeld.PressEnter,andaSetupNoticewindowisdisplayed.Pr essF10toexitfromtheSetup
Noticewindow.Theuserharddiskpasswordischanged.
•Toremovetheuserhar ddiskpassword,typethecurrentmasterharddiskpasswordintheEnterCurrent
Passwordeld.ThenleavetheEnterNewPasswordandConrmNewPasswordeldsblank,and
pressEnter .ASetupNoticewindowisdisplayed.PressF10toexitfromtheSetupNoticewindow.
Theuserharddiskpasswordswillberemoved.
IfyouchooseMasterHDP,dothefollowing:
•Tochangethemasterharddiskpassword,typethecurrentmasterharddiskpasswordintheEnter
CurrentPasswordeld.ThentypethenewmasterharddiskpasswordintheEnterNewPassword
eld,andretypethepasswordyoujustenteredtoverifyitintheConrmNewPasswordeld.Press
Enter,andaSetupNoticewindowisdisplayed.PressF10toexitfromtheSetupNoticewindow.The
masterharddiskpasswordischanged.
•Toremovethemasterharddiskpassword,typethecurrentmasterharddiskpasswordintheEnter
CurrentP asswordeld.ThenleavetheEnterNewPasswordandConrmNewP asswordeldsblank,
andpressEnter.ASetupNoticewindowisdisplayed.Pr essF10toexitfromtheSetupNoticewindow.
Boththeuserandmasterhar ddiskpasswordswillberemoved.
Supervisorpassword
ThesupervisorpasswordprotectsthesysteminformationstoredinThinkP adSetup.Withoutit,noonecan
changethecongurationofthecomputer.Itprovidesthefollowingsecurityfeatur es:
•Ifasupervisorpasswordisset,apasswordpromptisdisplayedwhenyoutrytostarttheThinkPadSetup
program.Unauthorizeduserscannotgetaccesstocongurationdata.
•Thesystemadministratorcanusethesupervisorpasswordtogetaccesstoacomputereveniftheuserof
thatcomputerhassetapower-onpassword.Thesupervisorpasswordoverridesthepower-onpassword.
•Ifbothasupervisorpasswordandapower-onpasswordareset,youcandothefollowingonlyifyou
havethesupervisorpassword:
–Deletingthepower-onpassword
–Changingordeletingthesupervisorpassword
–EnablingordisablingtheW akeonLANfeature
–EnablingordisablingtheInternalNetworkOptionROMfeature
–Changingdateandtime
–EnablingordisablingtheLockUEFIBIOSSettingsfeature
–EnablingordisablingthePasswordatunattendedbootfeature
–Specifyingtheminimumlengthforpower-onpasswordsandharddiskpasswords
–Changingthesettingforthesecuritychip
–EnablingordisablingtheBootDeviceListF12Optionfeature
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