Acer Aspire 3750 Service Manual page 46

Security
This tab shows parameters that safeguard and protect the computer from unauthorized use.
Figure 2-3. BIOS Security
Table 2-3 describes the parameters shown in Figure 2-3.
Table 2-3. BIOS Security
Parameter
Supervisor
Password Is
User Password Is
Set Supervisor
Password
Set User Password
Set HDD Password
Password on Boot
2-6
Shows the setting of the supervisor password
Shows the setting of the user password.
Press Enter to set the supervisor password. When set, this
password protects the BIOS Setup Utility from unauthorized access.
The user can not either enter the Setup menu nor change the value
of parameters.
Press Enter to set the user password. When user password is set,
this password protects the BIOS Setup Utility from unauthorized
access. The user can enter Setup menu only and does not have right
to change the value of parameters.
Enter HDD Password.
Defines whether a password is required or not while the events
defined in this group happened. The following sub-options are all
requires the Supervisor password for changes and should be grayed
out if the user password was used to enter setup.
0
Description Option
Clear or
Set
Clear or
Set
N/A
N/A
N/A
Disabled
or
Enabled
System Utilities