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Security functions
Cancelling passwords
To cancel a password (without setting a new password) run the following steps:
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Enter the BIOS Setup by pressing F2 during system startup.
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Select the Security menu.
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Mark the Set User Password or Set Supervisor Password field and press the Enter key.
With Enter new Password you will then be asked to enter a password.
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Press the Enter key twice.
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Select the Exit Saving Changes option in the Exit menu.
Your notebook will now restart and the password is cancelled.
With the supervisor password you simultaneously deactivate the user password.
Password protection for starting the operating system
With the supervisor password or the user password, you have assigned in the BIOS Setup
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(see "Set the supervisor and user password"), you can also prevent booting of the
operating system.
Activating system protection
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Enter the BIOS Setup by pressing F2 during system startup.
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Select the Security menu.
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If you have not assigned BIOS passwords yet, define the supervisor and the user password
now, if desired (see "Set the supervisor and user password").
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Mark the Password on Boot field and press the Enter key.
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Select the Every Boot entry and press the Enter key.
If you do not want to make any other settings, you can exit BIOS Setup.
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Select the Exit Saving Changes option in the Exit menu.
The notebook reboots and you are asked to enter your password (the supervisor or user password).
Deactivating system protection
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Enter the BIOS Setup by pressing F2 during system startup.
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Select the Security menu.
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Mark the Password on Boot field and press the Enter key.
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Select Disabled and press the Enter key.
If you do not want to make any other settings, you can exit BIOS Setup.
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Select the Exit Saving Changes option in the Exit menu.
The notebook reboots and there is no longer any password protection for the operating system.
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