The system administrator can use the supervisor password to get access to a computer even if the user of
that computer has set a power-on password. The supervisor password overrides the power-on password.
If both a supervisor password and a power-on password are set, you can do the following only if you
have the supervisor password:
Deleting the power-on password
Changing or deleting the supervisor password
Enabling or disabling the Wake on LAN feature
Enabling or disabling the Internal Network Option ROM feature
Changing date and time
Enabling or disabling the Lock UEFI BIOS Settings feature
Enabling or disabling the Password at unattended boot feature
Specifying the minimum length for power-on passwords and hard disk passwords
Changing the setting for the security chip
Enabling or disabling the Boot Device List F12 Option feature
Enabling or disabling the Boot Order Lock feature
Enabling or disabling the Flash BIOS Updating by End-Users feature
Enabling or disabling the internal network device
Enabling or disabling the internal wireless device
Enabling or disabling the internal Bluetooth device
Enabling or disabling the internal wireless WAN device
Enabling or disabling the Security mode
Notes:
The system administrator can set the same supervisor password on many ThinkPad notebook computers
to make administration easier.
By enabling the Lock UEFI BIOS Settings feature on the
Password
menu when you set the supervisor
password, you make it impossible for anyone but you to make changes.
Setting, changing, or removing a supervisor password
Only a system administrator can set, change, or remove a supervisor password.
To set, change, or remove a supervisor password, do the following:
1. Print these instructions.
2. Save all open les, and exit all applications.
3. Turn your computer off and then turn it on again.
4. When the logo screen is displayed, press F1. The ThinkPad Setup program main menu opens.
5. Select
Security
, using the cursor directional keys to move down the menu.
6. Select
Password
.
7. Select
Supervisor Password
.
8. A window opens, prompting you to enter a new password. Depending on your needs, do one of the
following:
To set a password, do the following:
a. In the
Enter New Password
eld, type a desired password and press Enter.
Chapter 4
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