Changing A Password; Anti-Virus - American Megatrends Merlin User Manual

Changing a Password

Remember the Password Keep a record of the new password when

Anti-Virus

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Select the Supervisor or User icon from the Security
section of the WINBIOS Setup main menu. Enter the
password and press <Enter>. The screen does not
display the characters entered. After the new
password is entered, retype the new password as
prompted and press <Enter>.
If the password confirmation is incorrect, an error
message appears. If the new password is entered
without error, press <Esc>. The password is stored
in NVRAM after WINBIOS completes. The next time
the system boots, a password prompt appears if the
password function is present and enabled.
the password is changed. If you forget the
password, you must erase the system configuration
information in NVRAM (Non-Volatile Random
Access Memory). See page
erasing system configuration information.
When this icon is selected from the Security section
of the WINBIOS Setup main menu, AMIBIOS
issues a warning when any program (or virus)
issues a Disk Format command or attempts to write
to the boot sector of the hard disk drive. The
settings are Enabled or Disabled. If enabled, the
following appears when a write is attempted to the
boot sector. You may have to type
to prevent the boot sector write.
Boot Sector Write!!!
Possible VIRUS: Continue (Y/N)? _
The following appears after any attempt to format
any cylinder, head, or sector of any hard disk drive
via the BIOS INT 13 Hard Disk Drive Service:
Format!!!
Possible VIRUS: Continue (Y/N)? _
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