Acer TravelMate 7000 Laptop User Manual


 
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 z or x. 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 e. Another password prompt appears:
3. Retype your password and press e to verify your first entry.