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Security Settings
The BIOS provides a Supervisor and a User password. If you use both passwords, the Supervisor password
must be set first.
Supervisor Password: This item indicates if a supervisor password has been entered for the system. Clear
means such a password has not been used and Set means a supervisor password has been entered for the
system.
User Password: This item indicates if a user password has been entered for the system. Clear means such a
password has not been used and Set means a user password has been entered for the system.
Change Supervisor Password: Select this feature and press <Enter> to access the submenu, and then type
in a new Supervisor Password.
User Access Level: (Available when Supervisor Password is set as above) Available options are
Full Access - grants full User read and write access to the Setup Utility.
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View Only - allows access to the Setup Utility but the fields cannot be changed.
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Limited - allows only limited .elfis to be changed such as Date and Time
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No Access - prevents User access to the Setup Utility.
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Change User Password: Select this feature and press <Enter> to access the submenu , and then type in a
new User Password.
Clear User Password: (Available only if User Password has been set) This item allows you to clear a user
password after it has been entered.
Password Check: If set to Setup, a password is required to enter the Setup Utility. If set to Always, the
system will prompt for a password at bootup.
Boot Sector Virus Protection: When Enabled, the BIOS displays 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.
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