Table 6. Security menu items (continued)

Menu item

Submenu item

Value

Comments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

computer goes ahead and loads the operating

 

 

 

 

system. To prevent unauthorized access, set the

 

 

 

 

user authentication on the operating system.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Password at restart

Disabled

If you select and enable Password at restart,

 

 

Enabled

a password prompt is displayed when you

 

 

restart the computer. If you select Disabled, no

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

password prompt is displayed; the computer

 

 

 

 

goes ahead and loads the operating system.

 

 

 

 

To prevent unauthorized access, set the user

 

 

 

 

authentication on the operating system.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power-On Password

Disabled

See “Power-on password” on page 48.

 

 

Enabled

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hard Disk x Password

Disabled

See “Hard disk passwords” on page 48.

 

 

Enabled

Notes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hard Disk 1 means the hard disk drive built

 

 

 

 

into your computer.

 

 

 

 

Hard Disk 2 is displayed on the Password

 

 

 

 

submenu only if a secondary hard disk drive is

 

 

 

 

installed in the Serial Ultrabay Slim bay.

 

 

 

 

 

Fingerprint

Predesktop

Disabled

Enable or disable fingerprint authentication before

 

Authentication

Enabled

the operating system is loaded.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reader Priority

External

If External Internal is selected, an external

 

 

 

Internal

fingerprint reader is used if attached. Otherwise,

 

 

Internal Only

an internal fingerprint reader is used. If Internal

 

 

Only is selected, an internal fingerprint reader is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

used.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Security Mode

Normal

If fingerprint authentication fails, you still can start

 

 

High

the computer by entering a password. If you have

 

 

selected Normal, enter a power-on password or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a supervisor password; if you have selected High,

 

 

 

 

enter a supervisor password.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Password

Disabled

Enable or disable password authentication. If

 

Authentication

Enabled

high security mode is selected, this item appears.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reset Fingerprint Data

Enter

This option is used to erase all fingerprint data

 

 

 

 

stored in the fingerprint reader and reset settings

 

 

 

 

to the factory state (For example, Power-on

 

 

 

 

security, LEDs, and so on.) As a result, any

 

 

 

 

power-on security features previously enabled

 

 

 

 

will not be able to work until they are re-enabled

 

 

 

 

in the fingerprint software.

 

 

 

 

 

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