Using System Security

 

System Passwords

Deleting a Password

To delete the password:

 

1.

At startup, press [F2] to open System Setup.

 

2.

When prompted type your password and press [Enter].

 

3.

Use the [Right Arrow] key to select the Security menu.

 

4.

Use the [Down Arrow] key to select Set Supervisor Password or Set User

 

 

Password.

 

5.

Press [Enter]. The computer prompts you to enter the current password.

 

6.

Press [Enter]. The computer prompts you to enter a password. Do not type

 

 

anything.

 

7.

Press [Enter]. The computer prompts you to reenter the password. Do not type

 

 

anything.

 

8.

Press [Enter]. A message appears telling you that the changes have been

 

 

saved. Press [Enter] again to return to the Security menu.

 

9.

Press [Esc] to go to the Exit menu.

Requiring a Boot Password

Locking the Hard Drive Boot Sector

10.Select Exit Saving Changes, press [Enter], and press [Enter] again to restart the computer.

After you create a supervisor or user password, you can enable the computer to prompt for a password each time it starts.

To enable the prompt, select the option Enabled in the Password on boot field in System Setup. For more information about the Password on boot field, see “Security Menu” on page 83.

If you have a supervisor password, you can lock the hard drive boot sector to protect against viruses or alterations.

To lock the hard drive boot sector, select the option Write protect in the Fixed disk boot sector field in System Setup. For more information about the Fixed disk boot sector field, see “Security Menu” on page 83.

Locking the Floppy Drive

If you have a supervisor password, you can lock the floppy drive so that a user

 

with only a user password cannot load personal software, which may introduce a

 

virus into the computer.

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