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–Specifyingtheminimumlengthforpower-onpasswordandharddiskpassword
–Erasingthefingerprintdata
–Enablingordisablingthefollowingfeatures:
–WakeonLANandFlashoverLAN
–LockUEFIBIOSSettings
–Passwordatunattendedboot
–BootDeviceListF12Option
–BootOrderLock
–FlashBIOSUpdatingbyEnd-Users
–Internalnetworkdevice
–Internalwirelessdevice
–InternalBluetoothdevice
–InternalNetworkOptionROM
–Securitymode
–Fingerprintreaderpriority
Notes:
•ThesystemadministratorcansetthesamesupervisorpasswordonmanyThinkPadnotebookcomputers
tomakeadministrationeasier.
•WhenLockUEFIBIOSSettingsoptionisenabled,allBIOSsettingscannotbechanged.Tochange
thesettings,asupervisorpasswordisrequired.
Setting,changing,orremovingasupervisorpassword
Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.
Onlyasystemadministratorcanset,change,orremoveasupervisorpassword.Toset,change,orremovea
supervisorpassword,dothefollowing:
1.Turnoffyourcomputer.Waitforaboutfiveseconds,andthenturnonthecomputeragain.
2.Whenthelogoscreenisdisplayed,pressF1tostarttheThinkPadSetupprogram.
3.SelectSecurity➙Password➙SupervisorPasswordbyusingthedirectionalkeys.
4.Dependingonyourneeds,dooneofthefollowing:
•Tosetapassword,dothefollowing:
a.IntheEnterNewPasswordfield,typeadesiredpasswordandpressEnter.
b.IntheConfirmNewPasswordfield,retypethepasswordandpressEnter.
•Tochangeapassword,dothefollowing:
a.IntheEnterCurrentPasswordfield,typethecurrentsupervisorpasswordandpressEnter.
b.IntheEnterNewPasswordfield,typethenewsupervisorpasswordandpressEnter;thenretype
thepasswordintheConfirmNewPasswordfieldandpressEnter.
•Toremoveapassword,dothefollowing:
a.IntheEnterCurrentPasswordfield,typethecurrentsupervisorpasswordandpressEnter.
b.LeavetheEnterNewPasswordandConfirmNewPasswordfieldsblank.PressEntertwice.
5.ASetupNoticewindowisdisplayed.PressEntertocontinue.
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