Table 32. System Setup options—Passwords menu(continued)
Passwords
NOTE: To view this option, enable Advanced Setup mode as described in View
Advanced Setup options.
Enable Master Password Lockout The Master Password Lockout option allows you to disable the Recovery Password
feature. If the system, administrator, or hard drive password is forgotten, the
computer becomes unusable.
NOTE: When the owner password is set, the Master Password Lockout option is
not available.
NOTE: When an internal hard drive password is set, it must first be cleared
before Master Password Lockout can be changed.
By default, the Enable Master Password Lockout option is disabled.
Dell Technologies does not recommend enabling the Master Password Lockout
unless you have implemented your own password recovery system.
NOTE: To view this option, enable Advanced Setup mode as described in View
Advanced Setup options.
Table 33. System Setup options—Update, Recovery menu
Update, Recovery
UEFI Capsule Firmware Updates
Enable UEFI Capsule Firmware Updates Enables or disables BIOS updates through UEFI capsule update packages.
NOTE: Disabling this option blocks the BIOS updates from services such as
Microsoft Windows Update and Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS).
By default, the Enable UEFI Capsule Firmware Updates option is enabled.
NOTE: To view this option, enable Advanced Setup mode as described in View
Advanced Setup options.
BIOS Recovery from Hard Drive Enables or disables the user to recover from certain corrupted BIOS conditions from
a recovery file on the user primary hard drive or an external USB drive.
By default, the BIOS Recovery from Hard Drive option is enabled.
NOTE: BIOS Recovery from Hard Drive is not available for self-encrypting
drives (SED).
NOTE: BIOS recovery is designed to fix the main BIOS block and cannot work if
the Boot Block is damaged. In addition, this feature cannot work in the event of
EC corruption, ME corruption, or a hardware issue. The recovery image must exist
on an unencrypted partition on the drive.
NOTE: To view this option, enable Advanced Setup mode as described in View
Advanced Setup options.
BIOS Downgrade
Allow BIOS Downgrade Allows downgrading of the computer firmware to previous revisions.
By default, the Allow BIOS Downgrade option is enabled.
SupportAssist OS Recovery Enables or disables the boot flow for SupportAssist OS Recovery tool if certain
system errors occur.
By default, the SupportAssist OS Recovery option is enabled.
BIOSConnect Enables or disables cloud service operating system recovery if the main operating
system fails to boot with the number of failures equal to or greater than the
value specified by the Auto OS Recovery Threshold setup option and local service
operating system does not boot or is not installed.
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