Lenovo ThinkPad P70 User Manual page 92

The following table lists the Security menu items. Default values are in boldface. The menu items might
change without notice. Depending on the model, the default value might vary.
Attention: The default configurations are already optimized for you. Improper change of the configurations
might cause unexpected results.
Table 3. Security menu items
Menu item Submenu item
Password Supervisor
Password
Lock UEFI BIOS
Settings
Password at
Unattended Boot
Password at Restart
Password at Boot
Device List
Password Count
Exceeded Error
Set Minimum Length
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Value Comments
See "Using passwords" on page 53.
• Disabled
• Enabled
Enable or disable the function that protects
• Disabled
items in ThinkPad Setup from being changed
• Enabled
by a user 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.
If you select and enable Password at
• Disabled
unattended boot, a password prompt is
• Enabled
displayed when the computer is turned on,
from either a power-off state or hibernation
state, by an unattended event such as a Wake
on LAN attempt. If you select Disabled, no
password prompt is displayed; the computer
goes ahead and loads the operating system.
To prevent unauthorized access, set the user
authentication on the operating system.
If you select and enable Password at restart,
• Disabled
a password prompt is displayed when you
• Enabled
restart the computer. If you select Disabled,
no password prompt is displayed; the
computer goes ahead and loads the operating
system. To prevent unauthorized access, set
the user authentication on the operating
system.
If the Security password is set, this option is
• Disabled
used to specify whether the Security
• Enabled
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.
Select Enabled to show the POST 0199 error
• Disabled
and prompt for the Security password. Select
• Enabled
Disabled to hide the POST 0199 error and
proceed without any user action needed.
Specify a minimum length for power-on
• Disabled
passwords and hard disk passwords. If you
• x characters
set the supervisor password and specify a
(4≤x≤12)
minimum length for passwords, no one but
you can change the length.