Security functions
Configuring password protectio n in BIOS Setup Utility
Before using the various options for password protection in the BIOS Setup
Utility, please procee d as follows to increase data security:
Make a note of the passwords and keep them in a s afe place. If you forget your supervisor
HDD password you will not be able to access your Tablet PC . Deletion of passwords is
not covered by your warranty and a charge will therefore be made for assistance.
Password protection
You r password can be up to
eight characters long and can con tain lette rs and
numbers. No distinction
is made between uppercase a nd lowercase.
Protecting BIOS Setup Utility (supervisor HDD password
and user HDD password)
If you have opened these operating instructions on the screen, we recommend
that you print them out. You cannot call up the instructions on the screen
while you are setting up the password.
BIOSSetupUtility
The superviso r HDD password and the user HDD password both prevent unauthorized use of the
BIOS Setu p Utility. The supervisor HDD password allows you to access all of the functions of the BIOS
Setup Utility, while the user HD D password will only give you access to some of the functions. You
can only set a user HDD password when a supervisor HDD password has already been assigned.
Calling and using the BIOS Setup Utility is de scribed in the chapter
"
Settings in BI OS Setup Utility", Page 67.
Assigning the supervisor and user passwords
► Start the BI
OS Setup Utility and go to the Security menu.
► Select the Set Supervisor Password fie ld and press the Enter key.
With Enter
new Password: you are asked to enter a password.
► Ente r the passw ord and press the Enter key.
Confirm ne
w Password requires y ou to con firm the passw ord.
► Ente r the password again and press the Enter key.
Changes
have been saved is displayed as a confirmation that the new password has been saved.
► To set th e user pa ssword, select Set User Password and proceed exactly as
when confi guring the supervisor password.
If you d
o not want to change any other settings, you ca n exit BIOS Setup Utility.
► In the Exit menu, select the option Save Changes & Exit.
► Selec
t Yes and press the Enter key.
Pass
word
Supe
rvisorpas sw ord
User
password
The Tablet PC is rebooted and the new p assword is effective. It will now be necessary to
first enter your supervisor or user password in order to ope n the BIOS S etu p Utility. Please
note that the user password only provides access to a few of the BIOS settings.
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