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Chapter 6 — The Security Menu
Security Setup Description
Field
User/Supervisor
Password Is
Set User/Supervisor
Password
Type the password and press <Enter>. You can type up to eight alphanumeric characters. Symbols and other
keys are ignored. To confirm the password, type the password again and press <Enter>. The Supervisor
password is now set. This password allows full access to the BIOS Setup menus.
To clear a password, highlight this field and press <Enter>. The same dialog box as above appears. Press
<Enter> twice. The password is now cleared.
Password On Boot
Fixed Disk
Boot Sector
Setting
Clear
These fields tell you whether a User and Supervisor password have
been set. "Clear" indicates that no password has been set. "Set"
Set
indicates that a password has been set.
These fields allow you to set the User and Supervisor passwords (the
Supervisor password must be set before the User password.) To set
the Supervisor password, highlight the field and press <Enter>. The
following dialog box appears:
Set Supervisor Password
Enter New Password
Confirm New Password
Disabled
This option requires prior setting of the Supervisor password to
function. Enables or disables the requirement to enter a password at
Enabled
startup.
Normal
This option requires prior setting of the Supervisor password to
function. When set to "Normal," the system will allow normal access to
the HDD boot sector. When set to "Write Protect," the BIOS blocks all
Write Protect
access to the boot sector.
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