Power-On Password; Privileged Access Password; Setting, Changing, And Deleting A Password; Enabling Or Disabling A Device - Lenovo 7269D7U - Topseller M58e Sff E7500 2.93G 3Gb 320Gb Dvdrw W7p/Xpp Hardware Maintenance Manual

• Not be your name or your user name
• Not be a common word or a common name
• Be significantly different from your previous password

Power-On Password

When a Power-On Password is set, the computer cannot be used until a valid password is typed in.

Privileged Access Password

When a Privileged Access Password is set, it deters unauthorized people from changing configuration
settings. If you are responsible for maintaining the settings of several computers, you might want to set a
Privileged Access Password.
After you set a Privileged Access Password, a password prompt is displayed each time you try to access the
Setup Utility program.
If both the Power-On Password and Privileged Access Password are set, you can type either password.
However, to change any configuration settings, you must use your Privileged Access Password.

Setting, changing, and deleting a password

To set, change, or delete a password, do the following:
Note: A password can be any combination of up to 16 (1 to 16) alphabetic and numeric characters. For more
information, see "Password considerations" on page 39.
1. Start the Setup Utility program. See Chapter 6 "Diagnostics, Test and Recovery Information" on page 39.
2. From the Setup Utility program menu, select Security ® Set Power-On Password or Set Privileged
Access Password.
3. Read the information displayed on the right side of the screen.

Enabling or disabling a device

This section provides information on how to enable or disable user access to the following devices:
SATA Controller
Floppy A
To set SATA Controller, do the following:
1. Start the Setup Utility program. See "Starting the Setup Utility program" on page 39.
2. From the Setup Utility program menu, select Devices ® ATA Drives Setup ® SATA Controller.
3. Select the desired devices and settings and press Enter.
4. Return to the Setup Utility program menu and select Exit ® Save Changes and Exit.
Note: If you do not want to save the settings, select Discard Changes and Exit or Discard Changes.
To set Floppy A, do the following:
1. Start the Setup Utility program. See "Starting the Setup Utility program" on page 39.
2. From the Setup Utility program menu, select Devices ® Floppy Drive Setup ® Floppy A.
3. Select the desired devices and settings and press Enter.
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When this feature is set to Disabled, all devices connected to the SATA controller
(such as hard disk drives or the optical drive) are disabled and will not be displayed in
the system configuration.
When this feature is set to Disabled, the diskette drive cannot be accessed.