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4.15 Set Supervisor/User Password
You can set either supervisor or user password, or both of then.
The differences between are:
1.
Supervisor password: can enter and change the
options of the setup menus.
2.
User password: just can enter but do not have the
right to change the options of the setup menus.
When you select this function, the following message will
appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a
password.
ENTER PASSWORD:
Type the password with eight characters at most, and press
<Enter>. The password typed will now clear any previously
entered password from CMOS memory. You will be asked to
confirm the password. Type the password again and press
<Enter>. You may also press <Esc> to abort the selection and
not enter a password.
To disable password, just press <Enter> when you are
prompted to enter password. A message will confirm the
password being disabled. Once the password is disabled, the
system will boot and you can enter Setup freely.
PASSWORD DISABLED.
When a password is enabled, you have to type it every time
you enter Setup. This prevents any unauthorized person from
changing your system configuration.
Additionally when a password is enabled, you can also require
the BIOS to request a password every time the system reboots.
This would prevent unauthorized use of your computer.
You determine when the password is required within the BIOS
Features Setup Menu and its Security option. If the Security
option is set to
“
System
”
, the password is required during boot
up and entry into Setup. If set as
“
Setup
”
, prompting will only
occur prior to entering Setup.