The Security Menu - Compal notebook User Manual

8.5 The Security Menu

The notebook's advanced security system allows you to set a password to prevent
unauthorized access to system resources, data, and the BIOS Setup program. This section
covers each Security parameter. Selecting Security from the menu bar displays the Security
menu.
A Note about Passwords
The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify passwords in the Security menu. The
passwords control access to the BIOS and certain Security menu options during system
startup.
Passwords are not case sensitive. A password can be entered using either upper or lower
case letters; it makes no difference. When you choose your password, it should be
composed of alphanumeric characters (a-z, 0-9) and be eight characters in length.
NOTE: The supervisor password must be set before the user password can be set.
Set Supervisor Password... / Set User Password...
Main Advanced
Supervisor Password Is:
User Password Is:
Set Supervisor Password:
Set User Password:
Password on boot:
Built-in HDD1 Status
Built-in HDD1 Password Select
Set HDD User Password
Trusted Platform Support(*)
F1 Help
Esc Exit
These fields allow you to set the System Password. The System Password allows full access
to the BIOS Setup menus. To set the Supervisor password, highlight this field and press
[Enter].
Phoenix TrustedCore(tm) Setup Utility
Security
Clear
Clear
[Enter]
[Enter]
[Enabled]
Clear
[User Only]
[Enter]
[Disabled]
↑↓ Select Item
F5/F6 Change Values
←→ Select Menu
Enter Select 4 Sub-Menu
8 The BIOS Setup Program
TPM State(*) Boot Exit
Item Specific Help
Supervisor password
controls access to the setup
utility.
F9 Setup Defaults
F10 Save and Exit
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