Date/Time Menu; Security Menu - Lenovo ThinkPad T430s User Manual

Date/Time menu

If you need to set the current date and time of your computer, select Date/Time from the ThinkPad Setup
menu. The following submenu is displayed:
• System Date
• System Time
To change the date and time, do the following:
1. Using the up and down arrow keys, select the item to change-date or time.
2. Press Tab, Shift Tab, or Enter to select a field.
3. Type the date or time.
Note: Another way to adjust date and time is press the "–" or "+" key.

Security menu

If you need to set the security features of your computer, select Security from the ThinkPad Setup menu.
The following table lists the Security menu items.
Notes:
• Default values are in boldface. The default settings are already optimized for you. If you consider
changing the computer configuration, proceed with extreme caution. Setting the configuration incorrectly
might cause unexpected results.
• On each submenu, press the Enter key to show selectable options and select a desired option by using
cursor key, or type desired values from the keyboard directly.
• Some items are displayed on the menu only if the computer supports the corresponding features.
Table 6. Security menu items
Menu item Submenu item
Password Hardware Password
Manager
Supervisor Password
Lock UEFI BIOS
Settings
Set Minimum Length
Password at
unattended boot
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Value Comments
• Disabled Manage your power-on password, supervisor
password, and your hard disk passwords.
• Enabled
• Disabled
See "Supervisor password" on page 50.
• Enabled
• Disabled Enable or disable the function that protects items
in ThinkPad Setup from being changed by a user
• Enabled
who does not have the supervisor password. By
default, this is set to Disabled. If you set the
supervisor password and enable this function, no
one but you can change any items in ThinkPad
Setup.
• Disabled
Specify a minimum length for power-on
passwords and hard disk passwords. If you set
• x characters
the supervisor password and specify a minimum
(4≤x≤12)
length for passwords, no one but you can change
the length.
• Disabled If you select and enable Password at unattended
boot, a password prompt is displayed when the
• Enabled
computer is turned on, from either a power-off
mode or hibernation mode, by an unattended
event such as Wake on LAN. If you select
Disabled, no password prompt is displayed; the