Security - Acer Aspire 5532 Service Manual

Security

The Security screen contains parameters that help safeguard and protect your computer from unauthorized
use.
Information
S u p e r v i s o r P a s s w o r d I s : S u p e r v i s o r P a s s w o r d I s :
U s e r P a s s w o r d I s : U s e r P a s s w o r d I s :
H D D 0 P a s s w o r d I s : H D D 0 P a s s w o r d I s :
S e t S u p e r v i s o r P a s s w o r d S e t S u p e r v i s o r P a s s w o r d
S e t U s e r P a s s w o r d S e t U s e r P a s s w o r d
S e t S A T A P o r t 0 H D D P a s s w o r d S e t S A T A P o r t 0 H D D P a s s w o r d
P a s s w o r d o n B o o t : P a s s w o r d o n B o o t :
F 1 H e l p
E s c E x i t
The table below describes the parameters in this screen. Settings in boldface are the default and suggested
parameter settings.
Parameter
Supervisor Password Is
User Password Is
HDD0 Password
Set Supervisor Password
Set User Password
Set SATA Port0 HDD
Password
Password on Boot
NOTE: When you are prompted to enter a password, you have three tries before the system halts. Don't forget
your password. If you forget your password, you may have to return your notebook computer to your
dealer to reset it.
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M a i n Security
S e l e c t I t e m
F 5 / F 6
S e l e c t M e n u E n t e r
Shows the setting of the Supervisor password
Shows the setting of the user password.
Shows the setting of the hard disk password.
Press Enter to set the supervisor password. When set,
this password protects the BIOS Setup Utility from
unauthorized access. The user can not either enter the
Setup menu nor change the value of parameters.
Press Enter to set the user password. When user
password is set, this password protects the BIOS Setup
Utility from unauthorized access. The user can enter
Setup menu only and does not have right to change the
value of parameters.
Enter HDD Password.
Defines whether a password is required or not while the
events defined in this group happened. The following
sub-options are all requires the Supervisor password
for changes and should be grayed out if the user
password was used to enter setup.
B o o t Exit
C l e a r C l e a r
C l e a r C l e a r
C l e a r C l e a r
[ E n t e r ] [ E n t e r ]
[ E n t e r ] [ E n t e r ]
[ E n t e r ] [ E n t e r ]
[ D i s a b l e d ] [ D i s a b l e d ]
C h a n g e Va l u e s
S e l e c t S u b - M e n u
Description
I t e m S p e c i f i c H e l p
S u p e r v i s o r P a s s w o r d
c o n t r o l s a c c e s s t o t h e
s e t u p u t i l i t y . I t c a n
b e u s e d t o b o o t u p w h e n
P a w w o r d o n b o o t i s
e n a b l e d .
F 9 S e t u p D e f a u l t s
F 1 0 S a v e a n d E x i t
Option
Clear or Set
Clear or Set
Clear or Set
N/A
N/A
N/A
Disabled or
Enabled
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