ThinkPad T430 - Security Menu

3.Typethedateortime.
Securitymenu
Ifyouneedtosetthesecurityfeaturesofyourcomputer,selectSecurityfromtheThinkPadSetupmenu.
ThefollowingtableliststheSecuritymenuitems.
Notes:
•Defaultvaluesareinboldface.Thedefaultsettingsarealreadyoptimizedforyou.Ifyouconsider
changingthecomputerconguration,proceedwithextremecaution.Settingthecongurationincorrectly
mightcauseunexpectedresults.
•Ineachsubmenu,presstheEnterkeytoshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoptionbyusing
cursorkey,ortypedesiredvaluesfromthekeyboarddirectly.
•Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyifthecomputersupportsthecorrespondingfeatures.
Table6.Securitymenuitems
Menuitem
Submenuitem
Value
Comments
HardwarePassword
Manager
•Disabled
•Enabled
Manageyourpower-onpassword,supervisor
password,andyourharddiskpasswordsbythe
managementserver.
SupervisorPassword
•Disabled
•Enabled
See“Supervisorpassword”onpage52.
LockUEFIBIOS
Settings
•Disabled
•Enabled
Enableordisablethefunctionthatprotectsitems
inThinkPadSetupfrombeingchangedbyauser
whodoesnothavethesupervisorpassword.By
default,thisissettoDisabled.Ifyousetthe
supervisorpasswordandenablethisfunction,no
onebutyoucanchangeanyitemsinThinkPad
Setup.
SetMinimumLength
•Disabled
•xcharacters
(4≤x≤12)
Specifyaminimumlengthforpower-on
passwordsandharddiskpasswords.Ifyouset
thesupervisorpasswordandspecifyaminimum
lengthforpasswords,noonebutyoucanchange
thelength.
Passwordat
unattendedboot
•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectandenablePasswordatunattended
boot,apasswordpromptisdisplayedwhenthe
computeristurnedon,fromeitherapower-off
stateorhibernationstate,byanunattendedevent
suchasWakeonLAN.IfyouselectDisabled,
nopasswordpromptisdisplayed;thecomputer
goesaheadandloadstheoperatingsystem.
Topreventunauthorizedaccess,settheuser
authenticationontheoperatingsystem.
Passwordatrestart•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectandenablePasswordatrestart,
apasswordpromptisdisplayedwhenyou
restartthecomputer.IfyouselectDisabled,no
passwordpromptisdisplayed;thecomputer
goesaheadandloadstheoperatingsystem.
Topreventunauthorizedaccess,settheuser
authenticationontheoperatingsystem.
Power-OnPassword
•Disabled
•Enabled
See“Power-onpassword”onpage50.
Password
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