Table 5. Security menu items (continued)

Menu item

Submenu item

Selection

Comments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

you select Disabled, the

 

 

 

 

security Chip is hidden and

 

 

 

 

is not functional.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Set Minimum Length

Disabled

Specify a minimum length

 

 

Password length options

for the power-on password

 

 

and hard disk password.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By default, this is set to

 

 

 

 

Disabled. If you set the

 

 

 

 

supervisor password and

 

 

 

 

specify a minimum length

 

 

 

 

for passwords, no one but

 

 

 

 

you can change the length.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Password at unattended

Disabled

If you select and enable

 

boot

Enabled

Password at unattended

 

 

boot, a password prompt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

is displayed when the

 

 

 

 

computer is turned on,

 

 

 

 

from either a power-off

 

 

 

 

state or hibernation state.

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Password at restart

Disabled

If you select and enable

 

 

Enabled

Password at restart,

 

 

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

Refer to “Power-on

 

 

Enabled

password” on page 46.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hard Disk1 Password

Disabled

Refer to “Hard disk

 

 

Enabled

passwords” on page

 

 

46.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UEFI BIOS Update Option

Flash BIOS Updating by

Disabled

If you select Enabled,

or UEFI Firmware Update

End-Users (Windows 7)

Enabled

all users can update the

Option

Flash Firmware Updating

UEFI BIOS. If you select

 

 

 

by End-Users

 

 

Disabled, only the person

 

 

 

 

who knows the supervisor

 

 

 

 

password can update the

 

 

 

 

UEFI BIOS.

 

 

 

 

 

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Lenovo X131E manual Password at unattended, Password at restart, Uefi Bios Update Option, Or Uefi Firmware Update