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6-22 User’s Manual
6.6.1 Supervisor and User Passwords
The supervisor and user passwords both prevent unauthorized access to the
notebook. When these passwords are present, the notebook prompts for
the user or supervisor password during system boot-up and resume from
suspend. The supervisor password also gives full access to Setup. The
user password give limited access to Setup.
Setup requires the supervisor password to be set prior to setting
the user password.
If you enter Setup using the user password, you cannot modify
the supervisor password and certain BIOS settings.
Setting a Password
To set a password:
1. Select the desired password (Supervisor or User) to set or edit, and
press
]
or
[
. The password prompt (a key) appears:
2. Enter a password.
The password may consist of up to eight characters which do not
appear on the screen when you type them. After typing your password,
press
H
. Another password prompt appears:
3. Retype your password and press
H
to verify your first entry.
After setting a password, the notebook sets this parameter to
[Present]
.
The next time you boot the notebook, resume from suspend mode, run the
Setup utility or unlock system resources, the password prompt appears. Key
in the appropriate password (Supervisor or User). The system asks for your
password input until you enter the correct password.