User guide

ThefollowingtableliststheSecuritymenuitems.Defaultvaluesareinboldface.
Attention:Thedefaultcongurationsarealreadyoptimizedforyou.Improperchangeofthecongurations
mightcauseunexpectedresults.
Table5.Securitymenuitems
Menuitem
Submenuitem
Value
Comments
HardwarePassword
Manager
•Disabled
•Enabled
Manageyourpower-onpassword,supervisor
password,andyourharddiskpasswords.
Supervisor
Password
•Disabled
•Enabled
Formoreinformation,see“Supervisor
password”onpage44.
LockUEFIBIOS
Settings
•Disabled
•Enabled
Enableordisablethefunctionthatprotects
itemsinThinkPadSetupfrombeingchanged
byauserwhodoesnothavethesupervisor
password.Bydefault,thisissettoDisabled.
Ifyousetthesupervisorpasswordandenable
thisfunction,noonebutyoucanchangethe
itemsinThinkPadSetup.
Passwordat
unattendedboot
•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectandenablePasswordat
unattendedboot,apasswordpromptis
displayedwhenthecomputeristurnedon,from
eitherapower-offstateorhibernationstate,by
anunattendedeventsuchasaWakeonLAN
attempt.IfyouselectDisabled,nopassword
promptisdisplayed;thecomputergoesahead
andloadstheoperatingsystem.Toprevent
unauthorizedaccess,settheuserauthentication
ontheoperatingsystem.
Passwordatrestart•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectandenablePasswordatrestart,
apasswordpromptisdisplayedwhenyou
restartthecomputer.IfyouselectDisabled,no
passwordpromptisdisplayed;thecomputer
goesaheadandloadstheoperatingsystem.
Topreventunauthorizedaccess,settheuser
authenticationontheoperatingsystem.
SetMinimumLength
•Disabled
•xcharacters
(4≤x≤12)
Specifyaminimumlengthforpower-on
passwordsandharddiskpasswords.Ifyou
setthesupervisorpasswordandspecifya
minimumlengthforpasswords,noonebutyou
canchangethelength.
Power-OnPassword
•Disabled
•Enabled
Formoreinformation,see“Power-onpassword”
onpage43
.
Password
HardDiskx
Password
•Disabled
•Enabled
Formoreinformation,see“Harddisk
passwords”onpage45
.
Note:HardDisk1meanstheharddiskdriveis
builtintoyourcomputer.
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