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Working with the workstation
Property and data protection
Property and data protection
Your workstation enables you to protect your system and personal data against unauthorised
access in a number of ways. By combining these options, you can achieve maximum protection for
your system.
Security functions under Windows
Under Windows you can activate a screen saver and protect it with a password. Only those users
who know the password can deactivate the screen saver and access any open files.
BIOS Setup security functions
The Security menu in BIOS Setup offers you various options for protecting your personal data against
unauthorised access. By combining these options, you can achieve maximum protection for your
system.
Preventing unauthorised BIOS Setup entry
You can activate this protection by setting a supervisor or a user password in the Security menu
(Set Supervisor Password/Set User Password).
Preventing unauthorised system access
You can activate this protection by setting a password in the Security menu. In addition, you must
select the entry Enabled in the Password on boot field.
Preventing unauthorised access to the hard disk drives
You activate this protection when you set a hard disk passwords in the Hard Disk Security submenu
of the Security menu. To do this, set the entry HDD password to Enabled.
If set, the hard disk passwords are checked at each system startup, regardless of whether
Password On Boot is set to Enabled or Disabled.
Preventing unauthorised access to floppy disk drive
To activate this protection, select the value Supervisor for the Diskette access field in the Security
menu.
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