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Situation
Security Measures
To prevent unauthorized access of your computer, the various security measures are provided below.
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].)
When you do not want your computer to be used without permission
* If after three attempts the correct password is not
input, or if no password is entered for about a minute,
the computer returns to the condition just before
the attempt was made to start up the computer.
If the correct password is input,
Will Start
Will Not Start*
(Power off)
When the Setup Utility is started with Supervisor Password
You can access all items in the Setup Utility (
page 53
).
When the Setup Utility is started with User Password
You can not register [Advanced] 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.
Over three incorrect attempts,
Reference
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 or damage to data by using a disk
You want to prevent theft of your computer
Function to use
Supervisor Password/
User Password
Hard Disk Lock
Prevent operation by
using a disk
Use security locks
below
page 24
page 25
“Names and
Functions of Parts”
NOTE
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.
Upon entering your password
and pressing Enter .
