Lenovo T430SI manual Date/Time menu, Security menu, Menu item Submenu item Value Comments Password

Date/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, select the item to change-date or time.

2.Press Tab, Shift Tab, or Enter to select a field.

3.Type the date or time.

Note: Another way to adjust date and time is press the “–” or “+” key.

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.

•On 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

Menu item	Submenu item	Value		Comments
Password	Hardware Password	•	Disabled	Manage your power-on password, supervisor
	Manager	•	Enabled	password, and your hard disk passwords.
	Supervisor Password	•	Disabled	See “Supervisor password” on page 50.
		•	Enabled
	Lock UEFI BIOS	•	Disabled	Enable or disable the function that protects items
	Settings	•	Enabled	in ThinkPad Setup from being changed by a user
				who does not have the supervisor password. By
				default, this is set to Disabled. If you set the
				supervisor password and enable this function, no
				one but you can change any items in ThinkPad
				Setup.
	Set Minimum Length	•	Disabled	Specify a minimum length for power-on
		•	x characters	passwords and hard disk passwords. If you set
				the supervisor password and specify a minimum
			(4≤x≤12)
				length for passwords, no one but you can change
				the length.
	Password at	•	Disabled	If you select and enable Password at unattended
	unattended boot	•	Enabled	boot, a password prompt is displayed when the
				computer is turned on, from either a power-off
				mode or hibernation mode, by an unattended
				event such as Wake on LAN. If you select
				Disabled, no password prompt is displayed; the

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