User's Manual

Figure 3-3: The Security Menu
Each field of the Security Menu is covered in detail below.
A Note about Passwords
The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify passwords in the Security menu. The
The passwords control access to the BIOS and certain Security menu options during
during system startup.
The passwords are not case sensitive. In other words, a password can be entered
using either upper or lower case letters; it makes no difference.
Passwords should be composed of characters A-Z, 0-9 and not exceed eight
characters in length.
The administrator password controls access to the setup utility. The administrator
password must be set before the user password can be set.
The user password controls access to the system at bootup. The format of the
password is as follows:
User Password Is / Administrator Password Is
This field will show Set when you have set a System Password as described below.
If you have not set the System Password, the field will show Clear. This is a display
only field.
Set User Password
…
/ Set Administrator Password
…
This field allows you to set the System Password. The System Password allows full
access to the BIOS Setup menus. To set the administrator password, highlight this
field and press the [Enter] key. The following dialog box appears:
Set Administrator Password
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