3-20 Configuring Your System

See the table below for setup options on the screen.

Option

Parameter

Description

 

Your Setting

User Password is

Installed

Indicates whether the user password is set or

 

 

 

Not Installed

not (view only).

 

 

Administrator

Installed

Indicates whether the administrator password

 

 

Password is

Not Installed

is set or not (view only).

 

 

Set Administrator

Up to 7

Press Enter to display the administrator

 

 

Password

alphanumeric

password entry screen. With the administrator

 

 

 

characters

password, all SETUP menus are available for

 

 

 

 

access. This option is available only when

 

 

 

 

you log into the SETUP utility with the

 

 

 

 

administrator password.

 

 

Set User

Up to 7

Press Enter to display the user password

 

 

Password

alphanumeric

entry screen. With a user password,

 

 

 

characters

accessible SETUP menus are restricted. This

 

 

 

 

option is available only if the Administrator

 

 

 

 

Password is specified.

 

 

User Access

Limited

Sets the User access level when logged

 

 

Level

No Access

in with user password. When set to "Full",

 

 

 

View Only

the system does not enter secure mode.

 

 

 

Full

 

 

 

Password On

[Disabled]

Specify whether to request a password entry

 

 

Boot

Enabled

at boot-up. Administrator password setup is

 

 

 

 

required beforehand. When the administrator

 

 

 

 

password is specified and this option is

 

 

 

 

disabled, the BIOS assumes that a system

 

 

 

 

boot attempt is made by a user.

 

 

Secure Mode

[1 minute]

Set the period from no input from the

 

 

Timer

2 minutes

keyboard or mouse to the point at which the

 

 

 

5 minutes

system enters into the secure mode. If this

 

 

 

10 minutes

item is set to "Disabled," the system does not

 

 

 

20 minutes

enter the secure mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

60 minutes

 

 

 

 

120 minutes

 

 

 

Security Hot Key

[L]

Specify the hot key to invoke secure mode

 

 

CTRL-ALT-

Z

features. Pressing the assigned key along with

 

 

 

 

Ctrl and Alt invoke secure mode. This option

 

 

 

 

is enabled when User Password is set.

 

 

Secure Mode

[Disabled]

Specify whether the system boots in secure

 

 

Boot

Enabled

mode. This option is enabled when User

 

 

 

 

Password is set.

 

 

Video Blanking

[Disabled]

Specify whether to turn off the monitor

 

 

 

Enabled

when secure mode is activated.

 

 

Power Switch

[Disabled]

Enables or disables the POWER switch. If

 

 

Inhibit

Enabled

"Enabled" is selected, power-off with the

 

 

 

 

POWER switch becomes unavailable after OS

 

 

 

 

boot-up. (Forced shut down also becomes

 

 

 

 

unavailable. Forced shut down is a feature to

 

 

 

 

shut down by pressing the POWER switch for

 

 

 

 

at least four seconds.)

 

 

 

 

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