Fujitsu LifeBook S6420 - Password Protection for Starting the Operating System

Security functions
Cancelling supervisor and user password
To cancel a password (without se tting a new password) proceed as follows:
► Call up the BIOS Setup and select th e Security me nu.
► Highlight the Set Supervisor Password or Set User Password field and press the Enter key.
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You will be initially requested to enter the old password by the Enter current Password prompt.
You will then be requested to enter a new password by the Enter new Password prompt.
► Press the Enter key three times.
► From the Exit menu, choose the option Exit Saving Changes.
► Press th e Enter key and select Yes.
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Your notebook will now restart and the password is cancelled.
Removing the supervisor password simultaneously deactivates the user password.
Password protection for starting the operating system
Passwordpr otection:
With the s upe rvisor password or th
e user password, which you ha ve assigned
in the BIOS Setup (see also "Enteri
ng superviso r and user password" section),
you c an also block booting of the op
erating s ystem.
Activating system protection
► Call up the BIOS Setup and select th e Security me nu.
► If you have not yet assigned BIOS passwords, you can now specify the supervisor password
and the user password if required (refer to "Setting the s upervisor and user password").
► Highlight the Password on Boot fi eld and press the Enter key.
► Select the Every Boot option and press the E nter key.
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You ca n exit the BIO S Setup once you have finished changing the settings.
► From the Exit menu, choose the option Exit Saving Changes.
► Press th e Enter key and select Yes.
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The noteboo k reboots and you are asked to enter your password (the
supervisor or user password).
Deactivating system protection
► Call up the BIOS Setup an d select the Se curity menu.
► Highlight the Password on Boot fi eld and press the Enter key.
► Select Disabled and press the Enter key.
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You ca n exit the BIO S Setup once you have finished changing the settings.
► From the Exit menu, choose the option Exit Saving Changes.
► Press th e Enter key and select Yes.
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The notebook reboots and there is no longer any pa ssword protection for the op erating syste m.
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