Security menu (Continued)

Feature

Choices

Description

Your Setting

Set Supervisor

Press ENTER

When the <Enter> key is pressed, the

 

Password

 

user is prompted for a password; press

 

 

 

ESC key to abort. Once set, this can be

 

 

 

disabled by setting it to a null string, or by

 

 

 

clearing password jumper on system

 

 

 

board (see Configuring System Board

 

 

 

Jumpers).

 

 

 

 

 

Password on Boot

Disabled

Requires password entry before boot.

 

 

Enabled

System will remain in secure mode until

 

 

 

password is entered. Password on Boot

 

 

 

takes precedence over Secure Mode

 

 

 

Boot.

 

 

 

 

 

Diskette Access

Administrator

Controls access to diskette drives.

 

 

User

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed Disk Boot Sector

Normal

Write-protects boot sector on hard disk to

 

 

Write Protect

protect against viruses.

 

 

 

 

 

Secure Mode Timer

Disabled

Period of key/PS/2 mouse inactivity

 

 

1 min

specified for secure mode to activate. A

 

 

2 min

password is required for secure mode to

 

 

5 min

function. Cannot be enabled unless at

 

 

10 min

least one password is enabled.

 

 

20 min

 

 

 

1 hr

 

 

 

2 hr

 

 

 

 

 

 

Secure Mode Hot Key

[ ]

Key assigned to invoke the Quicklock

 

(Ctrl-Alt- )

[A, B, ..., Z]

feature. Cannot be enabled unless at least

 

 

 

one password is enabled.

 

 

 

 

 

Secure Mode Boot

Disabled

System will boot in secure mode. The

 

 

Enabled

user must enter a password to unlock the

 

 

 

system. Cannot be enabled unless at

 

 

 

least one password is enabled.

 

 

 

 

 

Video Blanking

Disabled

Blank video when secure mode is

 

 

Enabled

activated. The user must enter a

 

 

 

password to unlock the system. Cannot

 

 

 

be enabled unless at least one password

 

 

 

is enabled.

 

 

 

 

 

Floppy Write Protect

Disabled

When secure mode is activated, the

 

 

Enabled

diskette drive is write protected. The user

 

 

 

must enter a password to disable. Cannot

 

 

 

be enabled unless at least one password

 

 

 

is enabled.

 

 

 

 

 

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