System Security - Acer Altos R300 User Manual

System Security

The System Security menu allows you to safeguard and protect the
system from unauthorized use by setting up access passwords.
The screen below appears when you select System Security from the
main menu:
Parameter
Administrator
Password
User Password
Password on
Boot
Disk Drive
Controller
Description
Prevents unauthorized access to the
BIOS Setup utility. The Present setting
allows you to set an Administrator
password.
Secures your system against
unauthorized use. User password is
available only when a Administrator
password is set. The Present settings
allows you to set a User password.
Select Enabled to activate security
check during POST.
The disk drive control feature enables
or disables the read/write functions of
the disk drives. This parameter can
also control the diskette drive boot
function to prevent loading
operating systems or other programs
from a certain drive while the other
drives remain operational.
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Option
None
Present
None
Present
Disabled
Enabled