Security Measures - Panasonic CF-17 Reference Manual

Security Measures

To prevent unauthorized access of your computer, the various security measures are provided below.
Situation
You do not want your computer to be used without permission
You want to prevent theft of your computer
When you do not want your computer to be used without permission
You should set your "Supervisor Password" and "User Password" (The User Password
can only be set when the Supervisor Password has been set).
Without the password, access to your computer is impossible.
Starting up when the password is set
Upon entering your Supervisor
Password or User Password
and pressing Enter .
Over three incorrect attempts,
or no password is entered for about one minute,
*
If entering the Setup Utility with Supervisor Password
You can register all items of the Setup Utility (
If entering the Setup Utility with User Password
You can not register [Advanced] menu and some items in [Security] menu.
When [User Password Protection] has been set to [Protected], you can not regis-
ter the User Password.
When [User Password Protection] has been set to [No Protection], you can regis-
ter the User Password (
NOTE
When only the supervisor password has been set, the password is not neces-
sary when the computer is started up, but the password becomes necessary
when the Setup Utility is started up. This alternative makes it possible to pre-
vent the contents of the Setup Utility from being changed.
Function to use
Supervisor Password
User Password
User Security lock
If the correct password is input,
If you are starting from the suspend mode, if after
three attempts the correct password is not input,
or if no password is entered for about a minute,
the computer returns to the suspend mode.
page 31).
Reference
below
"Names and Functions of Parts"
Will Start
Will Not Start*
(Power off)
page 28).
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