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Function to use
Supervisor Password
User Password
Hard Disk Lock
User Security lock
Security Measures
Situation
You do not want your computer to be used without permission
You do not want the data on the hard disk to be read, or data to
be written to the hard disk, in cases including theft.
You want to prevent theft of your computer
To prevent unauthorized access of your computer, the various security measures are provided below.
When you do not want your computer to be used without permission
Reference
below
page 23
"Names and Functions of Parts"
You should set your “Supervisor Password” and “User Password” (The User Password
can only be set when the Supervisor Password has been set).
Without the password, access to your computer is impossible.
Starting up when the password is set
(When [Password on boot] of the [Security] menu is set to [Enable].)
Upon entering your password and pressing Enter .
Over three incorrect attempts,
If the correct password is input,
Will Start
Will Not Start*
(Power off)
When the Setup Utility is started up with Supervisor Password
You can register all items of the Setup Utility (
page 51
).
When the Setup Utility is started up with User Password
You can not register [Advanced] menu and some items in [Security] menu.
The User password can be changed only when [User Password Protection] has
been set to [No Protection]. The User Password cannot be deleted.
F9 does not work.
*
If after three attempts the correct password is not input, or if no pass-
word is entered for about a minute, the computer returns to the condition
just before the attempt was made to start up the computer.
When [Password on boot] in the Setup Utility is set to [Disable], the password is not
necessary when the computer is started up, but the password becomes necessary
when the Setup Utility is started up. This alternative makes it possible to prevent the
contents of the Setup Utility from being changed.
NOTE
