User And Supervisor Passwords - Sony VAIO PCV-RS310 Reference Manual

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User and Supervisor Passwords

The system allows you to specify up to two passwords (a User password
and a Supervisor password) in the CMOS Setup Utility. The User
password is required; the Supervisor password is optional.
Access to the CMOS Setup Utility depends on which passwords were
previously set, as indicated next.
If you set these
passwords...
User password only
Supervisor password
only
Both passwords
...the following passwords are required
User password is required to boot your system.
No password is required to boot your system.
Supervisor password is required by most setup
options.
User password is required to boot your system.
Supervisor password is required by most setup
options.