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Configuring the Notebook
Reference Guide 85
Security Menu
Setting Description Default
User Password is Shows if a user password is set. Clear
Administrator
Password is
Shows if an administrator password is set. Clear
Set User Password Press ENTER to set, change, or clear the user
password. The password can have no more than 8
characters (0-9, A-Z), and cannot include special or
accented characters.
Enter
Set Administrator
Password
Press ENTER to set, change, or clear the
administrator password, which protects BIOS Setup
settings. The password can have no more than 8
characters (0-9, A-Z), and cannot include special or
accented characters.
Enter
Require Password on
Boot
Sets whether a user password is required when the
notebook boots. Requires the administrator
password for changes.
Disabled
Internal hard drive lock Only if the Boot password option is enabled,
encodes the current user password (or
administrator password if that is the only password
set) on the hard drive.
Disabled
Boot Menu
Setting Description Default
Hard Drive
+Removable Devices
CD-ROM Drive
Built-in LAN
Shows the order of boot devices. Move the entries
to change the order. If the notebook has more than
one device in a + category, you can select the one
scanned. Built-in LAN provides diskless boot from a
network server.
1. Hard Drive
2. Removable devices
3. CD-ROM Drive
4. Built-in LAN
Exit Menu
Setting Description Default
Save Changes and Exit Saves Setup changes, then exits and reboots.
Discard Changes
and Exit
Discards any Setup changes made since last save,
then exits and reboots. Does not affect password,
date, or time changes.
Get Default Values Restores default settings, and remains in Setup.
Does not affect password, date, or time changes.