Date And Time Menu; Security Menu - ThinkPad S440 User Manual

Date and time menu

To change the date or time of your computer, select the Date/Time tab from the ThinkPad Setup menu.
Then do the following:
1. Use the cursor keys to select System Date or System Time.
2. Type a date or time.

Security menu

To change the security settings of your computer, select the Security tab from the ThinkPad Setup menu.
The following table lists the Security menu items. Default values are in boldface.
Attention: The default configurations are already optimized for you. Improper change of the configurations
might cause unexpected results.
Table 5. Security menu items
Menu item
Password
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User Guide
Submenu item
Supervisor Password
Lock UEFI BIOS Settings
Password at unattended
boot
Password at restart
Set Minimum Length
Selection Comments
• Disabled Refer to "Supervisor password" on
page 48.
• Enabled
• Disabled Enable or disable the function that
protects items in the ThinkPad
• Enabled
Setup program from being changed
by unauthorized users. By default,
this is set to Disabled. If you set
the supervisor password and enable
this function, no one but you can
change the items in the ThinkPad
Setup program.
• Disabled If you select and enable Password
at unattended boot, a password
• Enabled
prompt is displayed when the
computer is turned on, from either
a power-off or hibernation state. If
you select Disabled, no password
prompt is displayed; the computer
goes ahead and loads the operating
system. To prevent unauthorized
access, you can set the user
authentication on the operating
system.
• Disabled If you select and enable Password
at restart, a password prompt is
• Enabled
displayed when you restart the
computer. If you select Disabled,
no password prompt is displayed;
the computer goes ahead and loads
the operating system. To prevent
unauthorized access, you can set
the user authentication on the
operating system.
• Disabled
Specify a minimum length for
power-on password and hard disk
• x characters
passwords. If you set the supervisor
(4≤x≤12)
password and specify a minimum