System And Setup Password; Assigning A System Setup Password - Dell Inspiron 16 7630 Service Manual

Table 14. System setup options—Pre-boot Behavior menu (continued)
Pre-boot Behavior
Enable Adapter Warnings
Warning and Errors
USB-C Warnings
Enable Dock Warning Messages
Table 15. 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
License Information

System and setup password

Table 16. 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 that is 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.
66 System setup
Enable or disable the warning messages during boot when the adapters with
less power capacity are detected.
By default, the option is enabled.
Enable or disable the action to be done when a warning or error is encountered.
By default, the Prompt on Warnings and Errors option is enabled.
By default, the option is enabled.
Displays BIOS events.
By default, the Keep Log option is enabled.
Displays Thermal events.
By default, the Keep Log option is enabled.
Displays power events.
By default, the Keep Log option is enabled.
Displays the license information of the system.
Description
Password that you must enter to log in to your system.
Password that you must enter to access and make changes to
the BIOS settings of your computer.