Chapter 7: Configuring & Maintaining Your System
•To clear the password you will need to first enter the existing password in the first line and press [Enter]. Then press [Enter] twice to leave the other two lines blank.
Set User Password: This item allows you to set or clear the user password.
Press [Enter] to set or clear the password.
•To set the password, enter a password in the space provided. Type the same password again (to provide verification of the password) in the second line and press [Enter]. The password will now be set.
•To clear the password you will need to first enter the existing password in the first line and press [ Enter]. Then press [Enter] twice to leave the other two lines blank.
Note: This option will not be available to you until a supervisor password has been set.
Diskette Access: This item determines the level of access to the floppy disk drive. This allows you to protect your computer from unauthorized users who could boot from a floppy disk and then copy files from your hard drive. If the boot password is enabled, a password will be required to use the floppy disk drive. You can set this to Supervisor (the supervisor password is required to use the disk drive) or User (either password can be used). The default setting is “Supervisor.”
Fixed Disk Boot Sector: This item allows you to write protect your hard disk to protect against viruses. When the Normal option is selected, you have standard read and write access to the hard disk. When the write pro- tect is enabled, you will be able to read from the boot sector of the hard drive, but not write to it. This is an aggressive level of protection against boot sector viruses. If you have reason to suspect that you are using the computer in an environment where such risk is high, you should consider using this option. The default setting is “Normal.”
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