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LifeBook N Series Notebook BIOS
Table 13: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Security Menu
Menu Field Options Default Description
Set Supervisor
Password
–— [Enter] Sets, changes or cancels the Supervisor Password. Supervisor’s Password
may be up to eight characters long and must include only letters or numbers
(no symbols). Passwords are NOT case-sensitive. To cancel a password press
the Enter key instead of entering characters in the Enter New Admin Pass-
word field and in the Verify New Admin Password field. When a Supervisor
Password is set it must be used to access the BIOS setup utility.
Set User Password –— [Enter] This field can only be accessed if the Supervisor Password is set. Sets,
changes or cancels the User Password. The User Password may be up to
eight characters long and must include only letters or numbers (no symbols).
Passwords are NOT case-sensitive. To cancel a password press the Enter key
instead of entering characters in the Enter New User Password field and in
the Verify New User Password field. When a User Password is set it must be
used to access the BIOS setup utility.
Minimum User
Password Length
–— [Enter] Supervisor can set password length (0 to 8) for user password. User cannot
set a password shorter than the minimum length.
Password on Boot
■
(Selected)
■
___ (Unselected)
[ __ ] When selected, a password (User or Supervisor) is required every time after
the Power On Self Test (POST) before the operating system will be read
from a disk. When unselected, no password is required.
On Automatic
Wake up
■
(Selected)
■
___ (Unselected)
[ __ ] When unselected, it is not necessary to enter a password to wake up from
LAN or Real Time Clock (RTC). When selected, it is still necessary to enter a
password after automatic wake-up.
KB Lock on Resume
■
(Selected)
■
___ (Unselected)
[ __ ] When selected, the PS/2 mouse and keyboard inputs are locked out upon
Resume from Suspend or Save to Disk mode until you enter the password.
When unselected, no password is required. If no Supervisor Password is set,
this feature is not available and no password is required.
Boot from
Removable Media
■
(Selected)
■
___ (Unselected)
When selected, booting from removable media is not restricted. When
Supervisor Only is selected, only the Supervisor (i.e., the user who enters
Supervisor password), can boot from removable media.
Flash Write
■
(Selected)
■
___ (Unselected)
When set to [Disabled], the BIOS Flash memory is write protected.
Hard Disk Security –— –— Configures hard disk security features
Owner Information –— –— Sets Owner information.