Lenovo ThinkPad T560 User Manual page 97

Table 3. Security menu items (continued)
Menu item Submenu item
Password at
Unattended boot
Password at Restart
Password at Boot
Device List
Password Count
Exceeded Error
Set Minimum Length
Power-On Password
Hard Disk 1
Password
Value Comments
• Disabled If you select and enable Password at
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.
• Disabled If you select and enable Password at restart,
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.
• Disabled If the Security password is set, this option is
used to specify whether the Security password
• Enabled
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.
• Disabled Select Enabled to show the POST 0199 error
and prompt for the Security password. Select
• Enabled
Disabled to hide the POST 0199 error and
proceed without any user action required.
• Disabled Specify a minimum length for power-on
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.
• Disabled For more information, see "Power-on password"
on page 59.
• Enabled
• Disabled Hard Disk Password prevents unauthorized
users from accessing the data on the storage
• Enabled
drive. In addition to the user password, an
optional Master password can be used to give
access to an administrator.
To have a beep sound when the system is
waiting for this password, enable the Password
Beep feature in the Alarm submenu.
For more information, see "Hard disk
passwords" on page 61.
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