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L i f e B o o k B S e r i e s N o t e b o o k B I O S
Table 12: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Security Menu
Menu Field
Options
Supervisor
–—
Password is:
User Password is:
–—
Set Supervisor
–—
Password
Set User Password
–—
Minimum User
–—
Password Length:
Password on Boot:
• Disabled
• First Boot
• Every Boot
On Automatic
• Disabled
Wake up:
• Enabled
KB Lock on
• Disabled
Resume:
• Enabled
Boot from
• All
Removable Media:
• Supervisor
Flash Write:
• Disabled
• Enabled
Hard Disk Security:
–—
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Default
Clear
Clear
[Enter]
[Enter]
[0]
[Disabled]
[Disabled]
[Disabled]
[All]
only
[Enabled]
–—
Description
A display-only field. Set is displayed when the system supervisor
password is set and Clear when it is not.
A display-only field. Set is displayed when the general user pass-
word is set, and Clear when it is not.
Sets, changes or cancels Supervisor Password. Supervisor Pass-
word may be up to seven characters long and must include only
letters or numbers (no symbols). Passwords are NOT case-
sensitive. To cancel a password press [Enter] instead of entering
characters in the Enter New Password field and in the Re-enter
New Password field. When a Supervisor Password is set it must be
used to access BIOS setup utility.
This field can only be accessed if the Supervisor Password is set.
Sets, changes or cancels the User Password. A User Password
may be up to seven characters long and must include only letters
or numbers (no symbols). Passwords are NOT case-sensitive. To
cancel a password press the Enter key instead of entering charac-
ters in the Enter New Password field and in the Re-enter New
Password field. When a User Password is set it must be used to
access the setup utility.
–—
When set to Disabled, no password is required. When set to First
Boot, password entry is required only before first boot. When
Every Boot is selected, password is required every time the system
is booted.
When Disabled, a password is not required on LAN or RTC
automatic wake up. When Enabled, password is required on
automatic wake up.
When Enabled, PS/2 keyboard or mouse inputs are locked out at
Resume From Suspend or Save-to-Disk until entering password.
When Supervisor Only is selected, only the Supervisor can boot
from removable media. Only the user who enters the Supervisor
Password before OS boot is treated as the Supervisor. When All is
selected, booting from removable media is not restricted.
When disabled, the BIOS Flash memory is write-protected. When
enabled, the BIOS Flash memory is not write-protected.
Configures hard disk security features.
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