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16 Chapter 1
Security
The Security menu screen displays system passwords options to help safeguard and protect your computer
from unauthorized use.
Field Description Value
Supervisor Password Is Indicates whether a supervisor password is in use (Set) or not (Clear).
User Password Is Indicates whether a user password is in use (Set) or not (Clear).
HDD Password Is Indicates whether an HDD password is in use (HDD Password Set) or not
(Clear).
Set Supervisor
Password
When set, this password will allow the user to access and change all settings
in the Setup Utility. Press Enter to configure.
Set User Password When set, this password will restrict a user’s access to the Setup menus. Only
the following menus will be accessible:
T System Time
T System Date
T Boot menu options
T All Exit menu options excluding Load Setup Defaults
A supervisor password must first be set before creating a user password.
Set HDD Password When set, this password will restrict a user’s access to the internal hard disk
drive. It will be required during boot-up or when resuming from S4 mode
(hibernation).
Note: If this password is the same as the power-on password, it will not be
required anymore at boot-up.
Password on Boot Referred to as power-on password. When set, the
user or supervisor password will be required to boot
up the system or when resuming from S4 mode. A
supervisor password must first be set before
creating this password.
Disabled
Enabled
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