Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E145 User Manual page 102

Table 5. Security menu items (continued)
Menu item
86
User Guide
Submenu item
Set Minimum Length
Password at unattended
boot
Password at restart
Power-On Password
Hard Disk1 Password
Selection
• Disabled
• Password length options
• Disabled
• Enabled
• Disabled
• Enabled
• Disabled
• Enabled
• Disabled
• Enabled
Comments
any items in the ThinkPad
Setup program.
Specify a minimum length
for the power-on password
and hard disk password.
By default, this is set to
Disabled. If you set the
supervisor password and
specify a minimum length
for passwords, no one but
you can change the length.
If you select Enabled,
a password prompt will
always be displayed when
the computer is turned on,
from either a power-off
state or hibernation state.
If you select Disabled, no
password prompt will be
displayed; the computer
will go ahead and load
the operating system.
To prevent unauthorized
access, set the user
authentication on the
operating system.
If you select Enabled, a
password prompt will be
displayed when you restart
the computer. If you select
Disabled, no password
prompt will be displayed;
the computer will go ahead
and load the operating
system. To prevent
unauthorized access,
set the user authentication
on the operating system.
Refer to "Power-on
password" on page 44.
Refer to "Hard disk
passwords" on page
44.