Troubleshooting and Maintenance
Configuring the Notebook
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Security Menu
Setting Description Default
User Password is Shows if a user password is set. Clear
Administrator Password
is
Shows if an administrator password is set. Clear
Set User Password Press ENTER to set, change, or clear the user password.
The password can have no more than 8 characters (0-9,
A-Z), and cannot include special or accented characters.
Enter
Set Administrator
Password
Press ENTER to set, change, or clear the administrator
password, which protects BIOS Setup settings. The
password can have no more than 8 characters (0-9, A-Z),
and cannot include special or accented characters.
Enter
Password Required to
Boot
Sets whether a user password is required when the
computer boots. Requires the administrator password for
changes.
Disabled
Boot Menu
Setting Description Default
Hard Drive
CD-ROM/DVD
USB Floppy
Network Boot
Shows the order of boot devices. Move the
entries to change the order. Network Boot
provides diskless boot from a network server.
1. Hard Drive
2. CD-ROM/DVD
3. USB Floppy
4. Built-in LAN
Exit Menu
Setting Description Default
Save Changes and Exit Saves Setup changes, and then exits and
reboots.
Discarding Changes Discards any Setup changes made since last
save, and then exits and reboots. Does not affect
password, date, or time changes.
Get Default Values Restores default settings, and remains in Setup.
Does not affect password, date, or time changes.