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Boot Password Required — Indicates whether or not a password is required during
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system boot.
Resume Password required — Indicates whether or not a password is required
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during system resume. Boot Password must be defined to activate this parameter.
(Not applicable in Windows 2000/98 with ACPI.)
Assign HDD Password — Allows you to assign a password to allow or restrict
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access to the hard disk drive contents.
Internal HDD Password — Enables or disables the HDD password.
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Password Protection
Your NEC Versa supports password security on several levels. Keep in mind that you
must set the supervisor password before the BIOS Setup utility allows you to set a user
password.
Once you set a supervisor password, you must enter it before you can enter BIOS
Setup, access the system at startup, or resume from Suspend or Save-to-File, depending
on your configuration selection.
Establishing Passwords
To establish password protection for entering the BIOS Setup Utility or accessing the
system at startup, you must set the supervisor password before setting a user password.
To enter a password simply select Assign Supervisor Password, enter the password,
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re-enter the password to confirm, and press any key to continue. Repeat the
procedure to set the user password.
To initiate password protection while you step away from your system, simply press
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Ctrl
indicating that you must enter a password to resume operation.
To establish password protection for resuming from Standby or Hibernation modes you
must do the following:
Set a Windows password in Control Panel, Password Properties, Change
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Passwords.
Enable the option "Prompt for password when the computer goes off standby," in
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Control Panel, Power Management Properties, Advanced.
3-8 Using the BIOS Setup Utility
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. The Caps lock and Scroll lock LEDs alternately flash
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