Password Considerations; User Password; Administrator Password; Setting, Changing, And Deleting A Password - Lenovo ThinkCentre 6176 User Manual

Password considerations

A password can be any combination of up to 16 characters (A-Z, a-z and 0-9). For
security reasons, it is a good idea to use a strong password that cannot be easily
compromised. Passwords should adhere to the following rules:
v Contain at least one alphabetic character and one numeric character
v Setup Utility program and hard disk drive passwords are case sensitive
v Not be your name or your user name
v Not be a common word or a common name
v Be significantly different from your previous password

User Password

When a User Password is set, the computer cannot be used until a valid password
is typed from the keyboard.

Administrator Password

When an Administrator Password is set, it deters unauthorized persons from
changing configuration settings. If you are responsible for maintaining the settings
of several computers, you might want to set an Administrator Password.
After you set an Administrator Password, a password prompt is displayed each
time you try to access the Setup Utility program.
If both the user and administrator passwords are set, you can type either
password. However, to change any configuration settings, you must use your
administrator 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 sixteen alphabetic and numeric
1. Start the Setup Utility program. See Chapter 4, "Using the Setup Utility," on
2. From the Setup Utility program menu, select Security.
3. Select Set Administrator Password or Set User Password. Read the

Enabling or disabling a device

This section provides information on how to enable or disable user access to the
following devices:
Floppy A
SATA#1 Setup
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characters. For more information, see "Password considerations."
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information displayed on the right side of the screen.
Note: You need to set an Administrator Password in order to set a User
Password.
When this feature is set to Disabled, the diskette drive cannot be
accessed.
When this feature is set to Disabled, all devices connected to the
SATA connectors (such as hard disk drives or the optical drive)
are disabled and will not be displayed in the system
configuration.