Security - Acer Aspire 9500 Service Manual

Security

The Security screen contains parameters that help safeguard and protect your computer from
unauthorized use.
Insyde Software SCU
Main Advanced
Enter new password. Password will NOT be displayed
If password on boot is required, the password must be set otherwise it cannot be enabled.
The formats of the password are as follows:
Length 10 characters
Characters Alphanumeric keys only. The shift status i.e. Ctrl, Shift, Alt and Capital are ignored.
The table below describes the parameters in this screen. Settings in boldface are the default and
suggested parameter settings.
Parameter
Set User Password
Set Supervisor Password
Lock Hard Disk Drive
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Security
Set User Password
Set Supervisor Password
_ Lock HardDisk Drive
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.
When you set Supervisor password already and then you reboot and
into BIOS setup manual by User password, the set Supervisor
password, Boot device and Lock Hard Drive will be disable.
Allows the user to specify whether or not a password is required to boot.
Set the password to lock the hard disk drive
May 20, 2003 5:40:09 AM
Boot
--------Set Supervisor password----------------
Enter old Supervisor password:
Enter new Supervisor Password:
Verify new Supervisor Password: . . . . . . . . . .
[ ] Boot System
OK
Description
Exit
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Cancel
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