Security functions
Protecting BIOS Setup Utility (supervisor and
user HDD password)
If you have opened these o perating instructions on the screen, we
recommend that you print th em out. You cannot call the instructions onto
the screen while you are setting up the password.
BIOSSetupUtility
The supervisor HDD password and the user HDD pa ssword both prevent unauthorized
use of the BIOS-Setup-Utility. With the aid of the supervisor HDD password you can
access all of the functions of the BIOS-Setup-Utility, while the user HDD pa ssword w ill only
give you access to s ome of the functions. You can only set up a user HDD password
if a supervisor HDD pa ssword has already been assigned.
Please refer to s ection " Settings in BIOS Setup Ut ility", Page 73 for a description
of how to call up and operate the BIOS-Setup-Utility.
Setting supervisor and user HDD password
► Start the BIOS Setu p U tility and go to the Security menu.
► Select the Set Supervisor Password field and press the Enter key.
With Enter new Password: you are asked to enter a password.
► Enter the password and press the Ente r key.
Confirm new P assword requires you to confirm the password.
► Enter the password aga in and press the Enter key.
Changes have been saved is a confirmation that the new password has been saved.
► To set the user HDD passw ord, select Set User Password and proceed exactly
as when configuring the supervisor H DD password.
If you d o not want to change any other settings, you can exit BIOS Setup Utility.
► In the Exit menu, select the option Save Changes & Exit.
► Select Yes and press the Enter key.
PasswordSupervisorHDDpasswordUserHDDpassword
The notebook will be rebooted and the new password will come into e ffect. It will now be necessary
to first enter your supervisor or user HDD password in order to open the BIOS Setup Utility.
Please note that the user HDD password only provides access to a few of the BIOS settings.
Changing the supervisor or user HDD password
You can only change the supervisor HDD password when you have logged into the
BIOS S etu p Utility with the supervisor HDD password.
PasswordSupervisorHDDpasswordUserHDDpassword
► Call the BIOS Setup Utility and go to the Security menu.
► When changing the password, proceed exactly as for password assignment.
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