Dateandtimemenu
Tochangethedateortimeofyourcomputer,selecttheDate/TimetabfromtheThinkPadSetupmenu.
Thendothefollowing:
1.UsethecursorkeystoselectSystemDateorSystemTime.
2.Typeadateortime.
Securitymenu
Tochangethesecuritysettingsofyourcomputer,selecttheSecuritytabfromtheThinkPadSetupmenu.
ThefollowingtableliststheSecuritymenuitems.Defaultvaluesareinboldface.
Attention:Thedefaultconfigurationsarealreadyoptimizedforyou.Improperchangeoftheconfigurations
mightcauseunexpectedresults.
Table5.Securitymenuitems
Menuitem
SubmenuitemSelectionComments
SupervisorPassword
•Disabled
•Enabled
Referto“Supervisorpassword”on
page48
.
LockUEFIBIOSSettings
•Disabled
•Enabled
Enableordisablethefunctionthat
protectsitemsintheThinkPad
Setupprogramfrombeingchanged
byunauthorizedusers.Bydefault,
thisissettoDisabled.Ifyouset
thesupervisorpasswordandenable
thisfunction,noonebutyoucan
changetheitemsintheThinkPad
Setupprogram.
Passwordatunattended
boot
•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectandenablePassword
atunattendedboot,apassword
promptisdisplayedwhenthe
computeristurnedon,fromeither
apower-offorhibernationstate.If
youselectDisabled,nopassword
promptisdisplayed;thecomputer
goesaheadandloadstheoperating
system.Topreventunauthorized
access,youcansettheuser
authenticationontheoperating
system.
Passwordatrestart•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectandenablePassword
atrestart,apasswordpromptis
displayedwhenyourestartthe
computer.IfyouselectDisabled,
nopasswordpromptisdisplayed;
thecomputergoesaheadandloads
theoperatingsystem.Toprevent
unauthorizedaccess,youcanset
theuserauthenticationonthe
operatingsystem.
SetMinimumLength
•Disabled
•xcharacters
(4≤x≤12)
Specifyaminimumlengthfor
power-onpasswordandharddisk
passwords.Ifyousetthesupervisor
passwordandspecifyaminimum
Password
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