Compaq 6500 Family Laptop User Manual


 
Configuring Your Notebook
4-7
Security Menu
Feature Settings Comments
Supervisor
Password Is
Display only field. When set to Clear, a Supervisor Password has
not been set.
User Password Is Display only field. When set to Clear, a User Password has not
been set.
Set Supervisor
Password
Enter a password of
up to eight
alphanumeric
characters. Password
is not case sensitive.
This option allows you to set a Supervisor
Password that will be required to enter the
System Setup. This password can be used in
place of the User Password.
Caution:
Be sure to write the password down
and store it in a safe place.
Set User Password Enter a password of
up to eight
alphanumeric
characters. Password
is not case sensitive.
This option allows you to set a User Password
that will be required during: System Setup
access and System Boot, Resume, and Undock
operations if enabled.
Caution:
Be sure to write the password down
and store it in a safe place.
Password on Boot Disabled*
Enabled
When set to Enabled, you will be prompted for
a password on each system boot. A User
Password must be set in order to access this
feature.
Password on
Resume
Disabled*
Enabled
When set to Enabled, you will be prompted for
a password each time the system resumes
operation from Suspend Mode. A User
Password must be set in order to access this
feature.
Password on
Undock
Disabled*
Enabled
This option allows you to enable a password to
prevent unauthorized undocking of the
notebook computer from the Armada 6500
Convenience Base or Mobile 6500 Expansion
Unit. When a User Password is set and this
option is set to Enabled, the notebook cannot be
undocked unless the system is powered on and
the User or Supervisor Password is supplied.
Fixed disk boot
sector
Normal*
Write Protect
Set this option to Write Protect to protect the
hard disk boot sector from virus infection.
*Factory default setting