•Oneachsubmenu,pressEntertoshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoption,ortypedesiredvaluesfromthekeyboarddirectly .•Someitemsar edisplayedonthemenuonlyifthecomputersupportsthecorrespondingfeatures.ThefollowingtableliststheCongmenuitems.
Table3.Securitymenuitems
MenuitemSubmenuitemSelectionComments
SupervisorPassword
PasswordStatus
•Disabled
•Enabled
Referto“Supervisorpassword”on
page40.
LockUEFIBIOSSettings•Disabled
•Enabled
Enableordisablethefunctionthat
protectsitemsintheThinkP ad
Setupprogramfrombeingchanged
byunauthorizedusers.Bydefault,
thisissettoDisabled.Ifyouset
thesupervisorpasswordandenable
thisfunction,noonebutyoucan
changetheitemsintheThinkPad
Setuppr ogram.
Passwordatunattended
boot
•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectandEnablePassword
atunattendedboot,apassword
promptisdisplayedwhenthe
computeristurnedon,froma
power-offstate.Ifyouselect
Disabled,nopasswordpromptis
displayed;thecomputergoesahead
andloadstheoper atingsystem.T o
preventunauthorizedaccess,you
cansettheuserauthenticationon
theoperatingsyst em.
Passwordatrestart•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectandEnablePassword
atrestart,apasswordpromptis
displayedwhenyourestartthe
computer.IfyouselectDisabled,
nopasswor dpromptisdisplayed;
thecomputergoesaheadandloads
theoper atingsystem.Toprevent
unauthorizedaccess,youcanset
theuserauthenticationonthe
operatingsystem.
SetMinimumLength•Disabled
•xcharacters
(4≤x≤12)
Specifyaminimumlengthfor
power-onpasswordsandharddisk
passwords.Ifyousetthesupervisor
passwordandspecifyaminimum
lengthforpasswords,noonebut
youcanchangethelength.
Power-OnPassword
PasswordStatus
•Disabled
•Enabled
Refert o“P ower-onpassword”on
page38.
HardDisk1Password
PasswordStatus
•Disabled
•Enabled
Referto“Har ddiskpasswor ds”on
page38.
Password
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