User manual

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Security functions
Changing the supervisor password or user password
You can only change the supervisor passw ord when you have logged into the
BIOS Setup Utility with the supervisor password.
PasswordSupervisorpasswordUserpassword
Start the BIOS Setu p Utility and go to the Security menu.
When changing the password, proceed exactly as when assigning a password.
Removing passwords
To remove a password (without setting a new password) perform the following steps:
PasswordSupervisorpasswordUserpassword
Start the BIOS Setu p Utility and go to the Security menu.
Highlight the Set Supervisor Password or Set User Password eld and press the Enter key.
You w ill be requested to enter the current password by the Enter Current Password prompt.
Enter New Password will appear and you will be requested to enter a new password.
Press the Enter key twice at this request.
In the Exit menu, select the option Save Changes & Exit.
Select Yes and press the Enter key.
The notebook will now reboot with the password removed.
With the supervisor password, you simultaneously deactivate the user password.
Password protection f or booting the operatin g system
With the superv
isor password you have set in the BIOS Setup Utility (see
section "
Assig
ning the s upervisor and user passwords", Page 44), you can
also preven t b
ooting of the operating system.
Operating system
Activating system protection
Start the BIOS Setu p Utility and go to the Security menu.
Operatingsystem
Select the PasswordonBootoption and press the Enter key.
Select the option you require (Disabled, First Boot or Every B oot) and press the enter key
Select the Save Changes & Exit option u nder Exit.
The notebook will reboot. You will be prompted to enter your password (the supervisor password).
Deactivating system protection
Start the BIOS Setu p Utility and go to the Security menu.
Operatingsystem
Select the PasswordonBootoption and press the Enter key.
Select the Disabled option and press the Enter key.
If you d o not want to change any other settings, you can exit BIOS Setup Utility.
Select the Save Changes & Exit option u nder Exit.
The notebook will reboot. The system is no longer password-protected.
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