Password Protection Of Operating System - Fujitsu Siemens AMILO Pa Series Easy Manual

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Select the Save Changes and Exit option in the Exit menu.
Select Yes and press the Enter key.
The notebook is rebooted and the new password is effective. If you now want to call up the BIOS
Setup Utility, you must first enter your supervisor or user password. Please note that you only have
access to a few BIOS settings with the user password.
Changing the supervisor or user password
In order to change the Supervisor password you need to be logged into the BIOS Setup Utility using
the existing Supervisor password.
Call the BIOS Setup Utility and go to the Security menu.
When changing the password, proceed exactly as for password assignment.
Cancelling passwords
To cancel a password (without setting a new password) run the following steps:
Call the BIOS Setup Utility and go to the Security menu.
Mark the Set User Password or Set Supervisor Password field and press the Enter key.
With Enter current Password you will then be asked to enter a password.
With Enter new Password you will then be asked to enter a new password.
Press the Enter key twice.
Select the Save Changes and Exit option in the Exit menu.
Select Yes and press the Enter key.
Your notebook will now restart and the password is cancelled.
With the supervisor password you simultaneously deactivate the user password.

Password protection of operating system

With the supervisor password that you have set in the BIOS Setup Utility (see "Configuring
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the password protection in the BIOS Setup Utility" section), you can also prevent booting
of the operating system.
Activating system protection
Call the BIOS Setup Utility and go to the Security menu.
Select the Password on Boot option and press the Enter key.
Select Enabled and press the Enter key.
Select the Save Changes and Exit option under Exit.
The notebook restarts. You will be prompted to enter your password (the supervisor password).
Deactivating system protection
Call the BIOS Setup Utility.
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