Operating instructions

Detailed descriptions
17.4 BIOS Setup
SIMATIC Panel PC 677B
232 Operating Instructions, 05/2007, A5E01035609-01
Disabled The password is disabled.
Enabled Certain Setup fields are configurable by the user,
including the user password.
User password is
The field resets automatically from [Disabled] to [Enabled] when the
password is entered.
Set User Password This field opens the password input dialog. Logged on users can
change the password, or clear and deactivate it by pressing "Return."
Set Supervisor Password This field opens the password input dialog. Authorized logged on users
can change the supervisor password, or delete and deactivate it by
pressing "Return."
[Disabled] No password prompt for booting. Password on boot
[Enabled] Supervisor or user password must be entered for
system boot.
[Normal] All types of hard-disk access are permitted. Fixed disk boot sector
[Write protect] the user cannot install an operating system. This
is a way of protecting against boot viruses.
Diskette access This mode of protection is not enabled unless "Password on boot " is
[enabled].
[Supervisor] Diskette access is not possible unless the
supervisor password was entered during booting.
[User] Diskette access is not possible unless the user
password was entered during booting.
Notice! This function cannot be used under
Windows NT/2000 Professional/XP Professional,
since these operating systems do not access the
diskette via BIOS routines. Use the system
programs in Windows 2000/XP Professional
system programs to set up this function.