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Lenovo ThinkStation E31 - Administrator Password; Hard Disk Password; Password Considerations; Power-On Password

Lenovo ThinkStation E31
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AdministratorPassword
HardDiskPassword
Youdonothavetosetanypasswordstouseyourcomputer.However,usingpasswordsimproves
computingsecurity.Ifyoudecidetosetanypasswords,readthefollowingsections.
Passwordconsiderations
Apasswordcanbeanycombinationofupto64alphabeticandnumericcharacters.Forsecurityreasons,it
isrecommendedtouseastrongpasswordthatcannotbeeasilycompromised.Tosetastrongpassword,
usethefollowingguidelines:
Haveatleasteightcharactersinlength
Containatleastonealphabeticcharacterandonenumericcharacter
SetupUtilityprogramandharddiskdrivepasswordsarenotcasesensitive
Notbeyournameoryourusername
Notbeacommonwordoracommonname
Besignicantlydifferentfromyourpreviouspasswords
Power-onpassword
Whenapower-onpasswordisset,youarepromptedtotypeavalidpasswordeachtimethecomputeris
turnedon.Thecomputercannotbeuseduntilthevalidpasswordistypedin.
Administratorpassword
SettinganAdministratorpassworddetersunauthorizedusersfromchangingcongurationsettings.Ifyou
areresponsibleformaintainingthecongurationsettingsofseveralcomputers,youmightwanttosetan
AdministratorPassword.
WhenanAdministratorpasswordisset,youarepromptedtotypeavalidpasswordeachtimeyoutryto
accesstheSetupUtilityprogram.TheSetupUtilityprogramcannotbeaccesseduntilavalidpassword
istypedin.
Ifboththepower-onpasswordandAdministratorpasswordareset,youcantypeeitherpassword.However,
youmustuseyourAdministratorpasswordtochangeanycongurationsettings.
Harddiskpassword
Settingaharddiskpasswordpreventsunauthorizedaccesstothedataontheharddiskdrive.When
aharddiskpasswordisset,youarepromptedtotypeavalidpasswordeachtimeyoutrytoaccessthe
harddiskdrive.
Notes:
Afteryousetaharddiskpassword,yourdataontheharddiskdriveisprotectedeveniftheharddisk
driveisremovedfromonecomputerandinstalledinanother.
Iftheharddiskpasswordisforgotten,thereisnowaytoresetthepasswordorrecoverdatafromthe
harddiskdrive.
Setting,changing,anddeletingapassword
Toset,change,ordeleteapassword,dothefollowing:
1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage53.
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