Lenovo ThinkPad S3 User Manual page 89

Table 4. Security menu items (continued)
Menu item
Fingerprint
Submenu item
Password at Restart
Password at Boot Device
List
Password Count
Exceeded Error
Set Minimum Length
Power-On Password
Hard Disk1 Password
Predesktop
Authentication
Reader Priority
Selection Comments
the user authentication on the
operating system.
• Disabled If you select and enable Password
at restart, a password prompt will
• Enabled
be displayed when you restart the
computer. If you select Disabled, no
password prompt will be displayed;
the computer goes ahead and loads
the operating system. To prevent
unauthorized access, you can set
the user authentication on the
operating system.
• Disabled
If the Security password is set, this
option is used to specify whether the
• Enabled
Security password must be entered
to display the F12 boot device list.
Select Enabled to prompt for the
Security password. Select Disabled
to proceed without any user action
required.
• Disabled
Select Enabled to show the POST
0199 error and prompt for the
• Enabled
Security password. Select Disabled
to hide the POST 0199 error and
proceed without any user action
needed.
• Disabled Specify a minimum length for
power-on password and hard disk
• x characters
passwords. If you set the supervisor
(4≤x≤12)
password and specify a minimum
length for passwords, no one but
you can change the length.
• Disabled Refer to "Power-on password" on
page 53.
• Enabled
• Disabled Refer to "Hard disk passwords" on
page 55.
• Enabled
• Disabled If you select Enabled, authentication
by a fingerprint is enabled at
• Enabled
predesktop. If you select Disabled,
authentication by a fingerprint is
disabled at predesktop.
• External->Internal
If you select External, an external
fingerprint reader is used. If an
• Internal Only
external reader is not present, an
internal reader is used.
If you select Internal, an internal
fingerprint reader is used. If an
internal reader is not present, an
external reader is used.
Chapter 6
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Advanced configuration
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