ThinkPad P50 User Manual page 95

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 X
Password
Fingerprint Predesktop
Authentication
Reader Priority
Value
Comments
If you select and enable Password at
• Disabled
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.
If you select and enable Password at restart, a
• Disabled
password prompt is displayed when you restart
• Enabled
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.
If the Security password is set, this option is
• Disabled
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.
Select Enabled to show the POST 0199 error
• Disabled
and prompt for the Security password. Select
• Enabled
Disabled to hide the POST 0199 error and
proceed without any user action needed.
Specify a minimum length for power-on
• Disabled
passwords and hard disk passwords. If you set
• x characters
the supervisor password and specify a minimum
(4≤x≤12)
length for passwords, no one but you can
change the length.
Power-On Password prevents unauthorized
• Disabled
users from booting your computer. See "Using
• Enabled
passwords" on page 57.
Hard Disk Password prevents unauthorized
• Disabled
users from accessing the date on the hard disk
• Enabled
drive. In addition to the user hard disk
password, an optional master hard disk
password can be used to give access to an
administrator. See "Using passwords" on page
57.
Enable or disable fingerprint authentication
• Disabled
before the operating system is loaded.
• Enabled
If External ➙ Internal is selected, an external
• External ➙
fingerprint reader is used if attached. Otherwise,
Internal
an internal fingerprint reader is used. If Internal
• Internal Only
Only is selected, an internal fingerprint reader is
used.
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