Lenovo ThinkPad L460 User Manual page 88

The following table lists the Security menu items. Default values are in boldface. The menu items might
change without notice. Depending on the model, the default value might vary.
Attention: The default configurations are already optimized for you. Improper change of the configurations
might cause unexpected results.
Table 3. Security menu items
Menu item
Password
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Submenu item
Supervisor Password
Lock UEFI BIOS
Settings
Password at
Unattended boot
Password at Restart
Password at Boot
Device List
Password Count
Exceeded Error
Selection Comments
• Disabled Refer to "Supervisor password" on page
52.
• Enabled
• Disabled Enable or disable the function that
protects items in ThinkPad Setup from
• Enabled
being changed by a user who does
not have the supervisor password. By
default, this is set to Disabled. If you
set the supervisor password and enable
this function, no one but you can change
items in the ThinkPad Setup program.
• Disabled If you select and enable Password at
unattended boot, a password prompt
• Enabled
is displayed when the computer is
turned on, from either a power-off
state or hibernation state. If you select
Disabled, no password prompt is
displayed; the computer goes ahead and
loads the operating system. To prevent
unauthorized access, set the user
authentication on the operating system.
• Disabled If you select and enable Password at
restart, a password prompt is displayed
• Enabled
when you restart the computer. If you
select Disabled, no password prompt
is displayed; the computer goes ahead
and loads the operating system. To
prevent unauthorized access, set the
user authentication on the operating
system.
• Disabled If the security password is set, this
option is used to specify whether the
• Enabled
Security password must be entered to
display the F12 boot device list.
Select Enabled to prompt for the
security password.
Select Disabled to proceed without any
user action required.
• Disabled
Select Enabled to show the POST
0199 error and prompt for the Security
• Enabled
password.
Select Disabled to hide the POST 0199
error and proceed without any user
action required.