Operation Manual

Security functions
Cancelling supervisor and user password
To cancel a password (without setting a new password) proceed as follows:
► Call up the BIOS Setup and select the Security menu.
► Highlight the Set Supervisor Password or Set User Password field and pre ss the Enter key.
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You will be initially reque sted to enter the old password by the Enter current Password prompt.
You will then be requested to enter a new password by the Enter new Password prompt.
► Press the Ent er key three times.
► From the Exit menu, choose the option Exit Saving Changes.
► Press the Enter key and select Ye s.
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Your notebook will now restart and the password is cancelled.
Removing the supervisor password simultaneously deactivates the user password.
Password protection for starting the operating system
Passwordprotect ion:
With the supe rvisor password or th
e user password, which you ha ve assigned
in the BIOS Setup (see also "Enteri
ng supervisor and use r password" section),
you c an also block booting of the op
erating s ystem.
Activating system protection
► Call up the BIOS Setup and select the Security menu.
► If you have not yet assigned BIOS passwords, you can now specify the supervisor password
and the user password if required (refer to "Setting the supervisor and user passw ord").
► Highlight the Password on Boot field and press the Enter key.
► Select the Every Boot option and pre ss the Enter key.
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You can e x it the BIOS Setup once you have finished changing the settings.
► From the Exit menu, choose the option Exit Saving Changes.
► Press the Enter key and select Ye s.
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The notebook reboots and you are asked to enter your password (the
supervisor or user password).
Deactivating system protection
► Call up the BIOS Setup and select the Security menu.
► Highlight the Password on Boot field and press the Enter key.
► Select Disabled and press the Enter key.
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You can e x it the BIOS Setup once you have finished changing the settings.
► From the Exit menu, choose the option Exit Saving Changes.
► Press the Enter key and select Ye s.
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The noteboo k reboots and there is no longer any password protection for the operating system.
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