Date/Timemenu
Ifyouneedtosetthecurrentdateandtimeofyourcomputer,selectDate/TimefromtheThinkPadSetup
menu.Thefollowingsubmenuisdisplayed:
•SystemDate
•SystemTime
Tochangethedateandtime,dothefollowing:
1.Usingtheupanddownarrowkeys,selecttheitemtochange-dateortime.
2.P ressT ab,ShiftTab,orEntertoselectaeld.
3.T ypethedateortime.
Note:Anotherwaytoadjustdateandtimeispressthe“–”or“+”key.
Securitymenu
Ifyouneedtosetthesecurityfeaturesofyourcomputer,selectSecurityfromtheThinkPadSetupmenu.
ThefollowingtableliststheSecuritymenuitems.
Notes:
•Defaultvaluesareinboldface.Thedefaultsettingsarealreadyoptimizedforyou.Ifyouconsider
changingthecomputerconguration,proceedwithextremecaution.Settingthecongurationincorrectly
mightcauseunexpectedresults.
•Oneachsubmenu,presstheEnterkeytoshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoptionbyusing
cursorkey,ortypedesiredvaluesfromthekeyboarddirectly.
•Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyifthecomputersupportsthecorr espondingfeatures.
Table6.Securitymenuitems
MenuitemSubmenuitemValueComments
HardwarePassword
Manager
•Disabled
•Enabled
Manageyourpower-onpassword,supervisor
password,andyourharddiskpasswords.
SupervisorPasswor d•Disabled
•Enabled
See“Supervisorpassword”onpage50.
LockUEFIBIOS
Settings
•Disabled
•Enabled
Enableordisablethefunctionthatprotectsitems
inThinkPadSetupfrombeingchangedbyauser
whodoesnothavethesupervisorpassword.By
default,thisissettoDisabled.Ifyousetthe
supervisorpasswordandenablethisfunction,no
onebutyoucanchangeanyitemsinThinkPad
Setup.
SetMinimumLength•Disabled
•xcharacters
(4≤x≤12)
Specifyaminimumlengthforpower-on
passwordsandharddiskpasswords.Ifyouset
thesupervisorpasswordandspecifyaminimum
lengthforpasswords,noonebutyoucanchange
thelength.
Passwordat
unattendedboot
•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectandenablePasswordatunattended
boot,apasswordpromptisdisplayedwhenthe
computeristurnedon,fromeitherapower -off
modeorhibernationmode,byanunattended
eventsuchasWakeonLAN.Ifyouselect
Disabled,nopasswordpromptisdisplayed;the
Password
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