Password Protection Of Operating System - Fujitsu Siemens Computers AMILO XA Series Easy Manual

Changing the supervisor or user password
You can only change the Supervisor password if you have logged into the BIOS
Setup Utility using the existing Supervisor password.
User password Supervisorpassword Password
► Call up the BIOS Setup Utility and go to the Security menu.
► When changing the password, proceed exactly as for password assignment.
Cancelling passwords
To cancel a password (without setting a new password) perform the following steps:
Supervisorpassword Password User password
► Call up the BIOS Setup Utility and go to the Security menu.
► Select the Set Supervisor Password or Set User Password field and press the Enter key.
You are then prompted to enter the current password with Enter current password.
You are then prompted to enter a new password with Enter new password.
► Press the Enter key twice.
► In the Exit menu, select the option Exit Saving Changes.
► Select OK and press the Enter key.
Your notebook will now restart and the password is cancelled.
With the supervisor password you simultaneously deactivate the user password.

Password protection of operating system

With the supervisor password that you have set in the BIOS Setup Utility
(see "Setting supervisor and user password", Page
prevent booting of the operating system.
Operating system
Activating system protection
► Call up the BIOS Setup Utility and go to the Security menu.
Operatingsystem
► Select the Password on Boot option and press the Enter key.
► Select Enabled and press the Enter key.
► Under Exit, select Save Changes and Exit.
The notebook restarts. You will be prompted to enter your password (the supervisor password).
Deactivating system protection
► Call up the BIOS Setup Utility and go to the Security menu.
Operatingsystem
► Select the Password on Boot option and press the Enter key.
► Select Disabled and press the Enter key.
If you do not want to change any other settings, you can exit the BIOS Setup Utility.
► Under Exit, select Save Changes and Exit.
The notebook restarts. The system is no longer password-protected.
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