User Manual

Security functions
Configuring password p rotection in BIOS Setup Utility
Before using the various options for password pro tection in the BIOS Setup utility
to increase data security, please observe the following:
Make a note of the passwords and keep th em in a safe place. If you forget your
supervisor password you will not be able to access your notebook. Deletion of the
password is not covered by your w arra nty and a charge will be made for assistance.
Password protection
Your password can be up to
32 characters long and can contain
letters, numbers and spe
cial characters.
When using special char
acters, you must remember that these are dependent
on the country variants
of the keyboard used.
If you change the Password Severity s etting from Strong to Stringent in the Security
BIOS Se tup Utility menu, the Fujitsu Service Desk can no longer reset the password.
In this ca se, the system can remain permanently unusable.
Therefore, Fujitsu recommends to generally set up a supervisor password
with the setting Password Severity = Strong.
Protecting BIOS Setup Utility (supervisor and user password)
If you have opened these o perating instructions on the screen, we
recommend that you print th em out. You cannot call th e instructions onto
the screen while you are setting up the password.
BIOSSetupUti
lity
The supervisor password and the user password both prevent unauthorised use of the BIOS Setup
Utility. With the aid of the supervisor pa ssword you can access all of the functions of the BIOS
Setup Util ity, while the user pa ssword will only give you access to some of the functions. You
can only set up a user password if a supervisor pa ssword ha s already be en assigned.
Please refer to section " Settings in BIOS Setup Utility", Page 66 for a description
of how to call up an d o perate the BIOS-Setup -Utili ty.
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