Security
• A Setup utility administrator password and a Windows
administrator password have dif_%rent functions. A Windows
administrator password cannot be used to access the Setup
utility, and a Setup utility administrator password cannot
provide administrator-level access to your computer contents.
• If you _brget the administrator password set in the Setup
utility, you will not be able to access the Setup utility.
The _bllowing table lists commonly used Setup utility and
Windows passwords and describes their _hnctions. For additional
intbrmation about Windows passwords, such as screen-saver
passwords, select Start > Help and Support.
Setup Utility Passwords Function
Administrator password Protects access to the Setup utility.
Power-on password Protects access to the computer contents
when the computer is turned on, restarted,
or restored from hibernation.
Windows Passwords Function
Administrator password* Protects access to Windows
administrator-level computer contents.
User password* Protects access to a Windows user
account.
Standby password Protects access to computer contents when
the computer is resumed from standby or
restored from hibernation.
*For information about setting a Windows password, select Start > Help
and Support.
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