Operating With A Supervisor Password Enabled; Deleting Or Changing An Existing Supervisor Password; Using The User Password Feature - Dell 4100 User Manual

the screen (if the
PASSWORD ON BOOT
).
ENABLED
Enter password:
After you enter the correct supervisor password and press
< >, your system boots and you can use the key-
ENTER
board to operate your system as usual.
If a wrong or incomplete password is entered, the follow-
ing message appears on the screen:
Warning, Invalid password.
Press < > to continue
ENTER
Enter the password again. If an incorrect or incomplete
supervisor password is entered again, the same message
appears on the screen.
The third time an incorrect or incomplete password is
entered, the keyboard locks up and displays the following
message:
System disabled
You must reboot the system before you can attempt to
enter a password again.
Operating With a Supervisor Password
Enabled
If
SUPERVISOR PASSWORD IS
enter the correct supervisor password before you can
modify any System Setup categories (other than the
, , and
DATE NUM LOCK SPEAKER
Deleting or Changing an Existing Super-
visor Password
To disable the supervisor password, press
play the Set Password dialog box, and then press
two more times.
<ENTER>
When the
SUPERVISOR PASSWORD IS
, you can assign a supervisor password or oper-
DISABLED
ate the system with no password assigned.
To change an existing supervisor password, first enter the
System Setup program and disable the current password.
Then, with the
SUPERVISOR PASSWORD IS
to , assign a new supervisor password as
DISABLED
described in "Assigning a Supervisor Password" found
earlier in this section.
category is set to
is set to , you must
ENABLED
TIME
categories).
to dis-
<ENTER>
category displays
category set

Using the User Password Feature

Your Dell system is shipped to you with the user pass-
word feature set to
password, set the
, and set the
ENABLED
. The computer system prompts you for the user
ENABLED
password during the boot-up process. If system security
is a concern, you should operate your system with user
password protection.
You can assign a user password, as described in the next
subsection, "Assigning a User Password," whenever you
use the System Setup program. Once you assign a user
password, only those who know the password have full
use of the system.
NOTE: You can also assign, delete, or change a user
password through the EISA Configuration Utility. See
"Assigning a User Password" and "Deleting or Chang-
ing an Existing User Password" in Chapter 5.
To disable the user password, press
the Set Password dialog box, and then press
more times.
If you assign and then forget a user password, a trained
service technician must remove the cover of the com-
puter (which may require unlocking the computer's
keylock) and change a jumper setting to temporarily dis-
able the user password feature (see "Disabling a
Forgotten Password" found later in this section). Note
,
that the supervisor password is erased at the same time.
CAUTION: If you leave your system running and
unattended, anyone can access the data stored in
your system even with a user password assigned.
To protect your system while it is running, you
must use additional forms of protection, such as
screensaver software protected by a password.
CAUTION: With the password features disabled,
your system operates as if it did not contain pass-
word features. If you leave your system running
and unattended without having a system and/or
supervisor password assigned or with the pass-
word features disabled, anyone can assign a
system and/or supervisor password that will be
unknown to you.
Using the System Setup Program
. After you assign a user
DISABLED
category to
USER PASSWORD IS
PASSWORD ON BOOT
<ENTER>
category to
to display
two
<ENTER>
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