Managing The PC BIOS

3.12. Set Supervisor Password and User Password

Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

4Standard CMOS Features

4Frequency/Voltage Control

 

 

 

 

 

4Advanced

BIOS Features

 

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

4Advanced

Chipset Features

 

Load Optimized Defaults

4Integrated

Peripherals

 

 

 

 

 

Set

Supervisor Password

 

4Power

Management Setup

 

 

 

 

 

Set

User Password

 

4PNP/PCI Configuration

 

Save

& Exit

Setup

 

4PC Health Status

 

Exit

Without

Saving

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Esc : Quit

F9

: Menu in BIOS

 

 

← ↑ ↓ → : Select Item

Change / Set / Disable Password

3.12.1. Set Supervisor Password

The “SUPERVISOR PASSWORD” is for you to control unauthorized access to your BIOS CMOS Setup or Booting into the your PC system. The Supervisor Password option is used together with the Security Option in section 3.5.

When "Setup" is selected in the Security Option:

If you want to change any BIOS setting, you will have to key-in the Supervisor Password so that you can start the BIOS CMOS Setup Utility and change the system setting.

When "System" is selected in Security Option:

Whenever you turn on the PC, it will request the user to enter the Password in order to boot up your system. Without the correct password, the PC system will stop and the operating system will not be loaded.

3.12.2. Set User Password

The User Password can be used to check the user's authority. However, this password entry is different from the "SUPERVISOR PASSWORD". The User Password has a different function to the "Supervisor Password" and the "Security Option" setup in Section 3.5:

A. When there is the password stored in "SUPERVISOR PASSWORD"

1. When "Setup" is selected in the Security Option:

When you use the "User Password" to log into the BIOS setup program, you can only view the BIOS settings, but you cannot change them. The only set- ting you can change is the "User Password" and you can also select "SAVE & EXIT SETUP" and "EXIT WITHOUT SAVING" from the main menu. (If you use

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Microsoft P4X4-ALH manual Set Supervisor Password and User Password, When Setup is selected in the Security Option