Security Menu - Acer Aspire Z5760 Service Manual

Security menu

Field
Supervisor Password
User Password
Change Supervisor
Password
Change User Password
Security Option
Boot Sector Virus Protection
Note the following before you define a system password:
• The maximum length of password contains 8 alphanumeric characters. The following keys are valid:
A-Z, a-z (case-insensitive)
–
0-9
–
` - + [ ] \ ; ' , . /,
–
– Special keypad characters: 0-9 / * - +
• When you are prompted to enter a password, you have three tries before the system halts. Do not forget
your password. If you forget your password, you may have to return your computer to your dealer to reset
it.
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Description
Displays the supervisor password status. When set to Installed,
this password will allow the user to access and change all
settings in the Setup Utility.
Displays the user password status. Only the following menus will
be accessible when this password is used to logged in:
• System Date and System Time
• Exit Without Saving
The F9 key (Load Default Settings) will also be unavailable.
Press Enter to change the supervisor password.
Press Enter to change the user password. Note that this field:
• is only accessible when a supervisor password is set;
• is cleared when the supervisor password is cleared.
This field is only visible when the supervisor or user password is
installed.
• Setup – User will be prompted to enter the password when
trying to access the Setup Utility.
• System – User will be prompted to enter the password both
during boot-up and when trying to access the Setup Utility.
This field is not visible when the onboard SATA controller mode is
set to either AHCI or RAID. If disabled, when anything attempts
to access the boot sector or the hard disk partition table, there
will be no warning message.
Value
Installed
Not Installed
Setup
System
Disabled
Enabled
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