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Chapter 3 AMI WinBIOS
setup 59
Changing a password
1. Select the Supervisor or User icon from the Security section of
the WinBIOS Setup main menu.
2. Enter the password and press <ENTER>. The screen does not
display the characters entered.
3. After the new password is entered, retype the new password as
prompted and press <ENTER>.
If the password confirmation is incorrect, an error message appears.
If the new password is entered without error, press <ESC> to return
to the WinBIOS setup Main Menu. The password is stored in
CMOS RAM after WinBIOS Setup completes. The next time the
system boots, you are prompted for the password if the password
function is present and is enabled.
Anti-virus
Select the Anti-virus icon from the Security section of the WinBIOS
Setup main menu. WinBIOS issues a warning when any program (or
virus) issues a Disk format command or attempts to write to the
boot sector of the hard disk drive. The settings are Enabled or
Disabled.
If enabled, the following appears when a write is attempted to the
boot sector. You may have to type N several times to prevent the
boot sector write.
Boot Sector Write !!!
Possible VIRUS: Continue (Y/N)? _
The following is displayed after any attempt to format any cylinder,
head, or sector of any hard disk drive via the BIOS INT 13 Hard
Disk Drive Service:
Format!!!
Possible VIRUS: Continue (Y/N)? _