Samsung NP-RV518-S02BG, NP270E5R-X01TR manual Setting Up a Boot Password, Deactivating the Password

Before configuring a user password, a supervisor password must have been configured. Deactivating the supervisor password also deactivates the user password.

In the Set User Password item, press

<Enter> and complete the procedures from Step 3 of Setting a Supervisor Password.

Setting up a Hard Disk Drive Password (Optional)

A supervisor password must be set using the Set Supervisor Password menu.

If you set a password for a hard disk drive, it cannot be accessed from another computer.

Press Enter in the Set HDD 0 Password item and define a password as described in Step 3 of the Setting up the Supervisor Password.

The hard disk drive password setting function is not provided for some models.

Changing the hard disk drive password

For security purposes, you can only change a hard disk drive password after restarting the computer by pressing the computer Power button.

If you cannot change the hard disk drive password or the HDD Password Frozen message appears when entering the BIOS Setup and then selecting Security

>HDD 0 Password, press the Power button to turn the computer on again.

Setting Up a Boot Password

To setup a boot password, the administrator password (Set Supervisor Password) should be set in advance.

Set the Password on boot item to Enabled. Once a boot password is set, you have to enter a password to boot up the computer.

Deactivating the Password

1	Press <Enter> on the password to be
	deactivated. For example, to deactivate
	a supervisor password in the Set
	Supervisor Password item, press
	<Enter>.
2	In the Enter Current Password item,
	enter the currently configured password
	and press <Enter>.
3	Leave the Enter New Password item
	field empty, and press <Enter>.
4	Leave the Confirm New Password field
	empty, and press <Enter>.
5	In the [Setup Notice] window, press
	<Enter>.

The password is deactivated.

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