System And Setup Password; Assigning A System Setup Password - Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 Service Manual

Table 12. System setup options—Pre-boot Behavior menu
Pre-boot Behavior
Adapter warnings
Enable Adapter warnings
Warnings and Errors
Table 13. System setup options—System Logs menu
System Logs
BIOS Event Log
Clear Bios Event Log
Thermal Event Log
Clear Thermal Event Log
Power Event Log
Clear POWER Event Log

System and setup password

Table 14. System and setup password
Password type
System password
Setup password
You can create a system password and a setup password to secure your computer.
CAUTION: The password features provide a basic level of security for the data on your computer.
CAUTION: Anyone can access the data stored on your computer if it is not locked and left unattended.
NOTE: System and setup password feature is disabled.

Assigning a system setup password

Prerequisites
You can assign a new System or Admin Password only when the status is in Not Set.
Enables or disables the computer to display adapter warning messages when
adapters with too little power capacity are detected.
Default: ON
Selects an action on encountering a warning or error during boot.
Default: Prompt on Warnings and Errors. Stop, prompt, and wait for user input
when warnings or errors are detected.
NOTE: Errors deemed critical to the operation of the computer hardware
will always halt the computer.
Select keep or clear BIOS events.
Default: Keep
Select keep or clear Thermal events.
Default: Keep
Select keep or clear Power events.
Default: Keep
Description
Password that you must enter to log on to your system.
Password that you must enter to access and make changes to
the BIOS settings of your computer.
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