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LIFEBOOK E/P/S/U BIOS Guide
Table 14: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Security Menu
Menu Field Options Default Model Description
Supervisor
Password is:
–— Clear All A display-only field. Set is displayed when the system
supervisor password is set and Clear when it is not.
User Password is: –— Clear All A display-only field. Set is displayed when the general user
password is set, and Clear when it is not.
Set Supervisor
Password
–— [Enter] All Sets, changes or cancels the Supervisor Password. A Super-
visor Password may be up to seven characters long and
must include only letters or numbers (no symbols). Pass-
words are NOT case-sensitive. To cancel a password press
the Enter key instead of entering characters in the Enter
New Password field and in the Re-enter New Password
field. When a Supervisor Password is set it must be used to
access BIOS setup utility.
Set User Password –— [Enter] All This field can only be accessed if the Supervisor Password
is set. Sets, changes or cancels the User Password. A User
Password may be up to seven characters long and must
include only letters or numbers (no symbols). Passwords
are NOT case-sensitive. To cancel a password press [Enter]
key instead of entering characters in the Enter New Pass-
word field and in the Re-enter New Password field. When a
User Password is set it must be used to access the BIOS
setup utility.
Minimum User
Password Length:
–— [0] All Supervisor can set password length (0 to 32) for user pass-
word. User cannot set a password shorter than the mini-
mum length.
Password on Boot:
Disabled
First Boot
Every Boot
[Disabled] All When set to First Boot, a password (User or Supervisor) is
required just once after the Power On Self Test (POST)
before the operating system will be read from a disk.
When set to Every Boot, a password (User or Supervisor) is
required every time after the Power On Self Test (POST)
before the operating system will be read from a disk.
When set to Disabled no password is required.
On Automatic
Wake Up:
[Disabled] All When disabled, password entry is not required on auto-
matic wake up. When enabled, password entry is required.
Boot from
Removable Media:
All
Supervisor only
[All] All Supervisor only allows access to boot the computer to
removable media after the Supervisor Password is
entered.
Flash Write:
Disabled
Enabled
[Enabled] All When disabled, the BIOS Flash memory will be write pro-
tected.
Boot Menu:
Disabled
Enabled
[Enabled] All When disabled, the Boot Menu is disabled and cannot be
opened using the [F12] key.
Hard Disk Security: –— –— All Configures hard disk security features
Owner Information: –— –— All Sets Owner information.