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3-12 Dell Precision 610 Mini Tower Systems User’s Guide
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System Security configures the password and chassis intrusion settings. Press
<Enter> to configure these settings.
System Password displays the current status of your system’s password security fea-
ture and allows you to assign and verify a new password. A new system password
can be assigned only when the current status is either Not Enabled or Enabled, which
is displayed in bright characters.
The System Password option has the following settings:
Not Enabled (the default)
Enabled
Disabled by Jumper
NOTE: Read “Using the System Password Feature” found later in this chapter for
instructions on assigning a system password and using or changing an existing
system password. See “Disabling a Forgotten Password” found later in this chapter
for instructions on disabling a forgotten system password.
When Setup Password is set to Enabled, Password Status prevents the system pass-
word from being changed or disabled at system start-up.
To lock the system password, you must first assign a setup password in the Setup
Password option and then change the Password Status setting to Locked. When the
Setup Password feature has a password assigned and Password Status is set to
Locked, the system password cannot be changed through the System
Password
option and cannot be disabled at system start-up by pressing <Ctrl><Enter>.
To unlock the system password, you must enter the setup password in the Setup
Password option and then change the Password Status setting to Unlocked. In this
state, the system password can be disabled at system start-up by pressing
<Ctrl><Enter> and then changed through the System Password option.
Setup Password lets you restrict access to your computer’s System Setup program in
the same way that you restrict access to your system with the system password fea-
ture. The options are:
Not Enabled (the default)
Enabled
Disabled by Jumper
NOTE: Read “Using the Setup Password Feature” found later in this chapter for
instructions on assigning a setup password and using or changing an existing setup