Supervisor Password - Lenovo ThinkPad Edge L330 User Manual

Changing or removing a hard disk password
To change or remove the user hard disk password, do the following:
1. Follow steps 1 through 7 in "Setting a hard disk password" on page 43 above, typing your password
to get access to the ThinkPad Setup program.
2. Select User HDP and then do either of the following:
• To change the hard disk password, type the current password in the Enter Current Password field.
Then type the new password in the Enter New Password field, and retype the password you just
entered to verify it in the Confirm New Password field. Press Enter, and a Setup Notice window is
displayed. Press Enter to exit from the Setup Notice window. The user hard disk password will be
changed.
• To remove the hard disk password, type the current password in the Enter Current Password field.
Then leave the Enter New Password and Confirm New Password fields blank, and press Enter.
A Setup Notice window is displayed. Press Enter to exit from the Setup Notice window. The user
hard disk password will be removed.
To change or remove the master hard disk passwords, do the following:
1. Follow steps 1 through 7 in "Setting a hard disk password" on page 43 above, typing your password
to get access to the ThinkPad Setup program.
2. Select Master HDP and then do either of the following:
• To change the user hard disk password, type the current user hard disk password or the current
master hard disk password in the Enter Current Password field. Then type the new user hard disk
password in the Enter New Password field, and retype the password you just entered to verify it in
the Confirm New Password field. Press Enter, and a Setup Notice window is displayed. Press Enter
to exit from the Setup Notice window. The user hard disk password will be changed.
• To remove the user hard disk password, type the current master hard disk password in the Enter
Current Password field. Then leave the Enter New Password and Confirm New Password fields
blank, and press Enter. A Setup Notice window is displayed. Press Enter to exit from the Setup
Notice window. Both the user and master hard disk passwords will be removed.

Supervisor password

The supervisor password protects the system information stored in the ThinkPad Setup. Without it, no one
can change the configuration of the computer. It provides the following security features:
• If a supervisor password is set, a password prompt appears when you try to start the ThinkPad Setup.
Unauthorized users cannot get access to configuration data.
• The system administrator can use the supervisor password to get access to a computer even if the user of
that computer has set a power-on password. The supervisor password overrides the power-on password.
• If both a supervisor password and a power-on password are set, you can do the following only if you
have the supervisor password:
– Deleting the power-on password
– Changing or deleting the supervisor password
– Enabling or disabling the Wake on LAN feature
– Enabling or disabling the Internal Network Option ROM feature
– Changing date and time
– Enabling or disabling the Lock UEFI BIOS Settings feature
– Enabling or disabling the Password at unattended boot
– Specifying the minimum length for power-on passwords and hard disk passwords
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