Requiring￿a￿Boot￿Password

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￿50.

Locking￿the￿Hard￿Drive￿Boot￿Sector

If￿you￿have￿an￿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￿50.

Locking￿the￿Floppy￿Drive

If￿you￿have￿an￿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.

To￿enable￿the￿floppy￿lock,￿select￿the￿option￿Supervisor￿in￿the￿Lock￿Floppy￿field￿in￿System￿Setup.￿For￿more￿information￿about￿the￿Lock￿Floppy￿field,￿see￿“Security￿Menu”￿on￿page￿50.

Locking￿the￿Keyboard

The￿keyboard￿lock￿enables￿you￿to￿protect￿your￿system￿when￿you￿walk￿ away￿from￿it￿for￿a￿time.￿To￿use￿the￿keyboard￿lock,￿you￿must￿first￿enable￿ a￿password￿through￿System￿Setup.￿(See￿“Creating￿a￿Password”￿on￿page￿ 57￿for￿instructions.To￿lock￿your￿keyboard,￿press￿<Fn+F7>.￿To￿unlock￿ your￿keyboard,￿type￿your￿password￿and￿press￿<Enter>

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