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4.13 Change Supervisor Password
You can set passwords for either supervisor or user password, or for both of them.
The differences between them are:
Supervisor Password:
It’s used to enter and change the settings of the setup menus.
User Password:
It’s used to only access the setup menus, but can’t change anything of it.
When you select this option, the following message will appear at the center
of the screen to assist you in creating a password.
ENTER PASSWORD:
Type the password, up to eight characters in length, and press <Enter>. The
password typed now will clear any previously existing password within CMOS
memory. You will be prompted to confirm the password. Type the password
again and press <Enter>. You may also press <Esc> to abort the selection
and not to enter a password.
To disable a password, just press <Enter> when you are prompted to enter
the password. A message which ask you to confirm the password will be
disabled. Once the password is disabled, the system will boot and you can
enter Setup freely.
PASSWORD DISABLED.
When a password has been enabled, you will be prompted to enter it every
time you try to enter Setup. This prevents an unauthorized user from
changing any bit of your system configuration.
Additionally, when a password is enabled, you can also require the BIOS to
request a password every time the system is booting. This would prevent
unauthorized uses of your computer.
The user can determine whether the password is needed for entering BIOS
Setup Program or other Security options (see Section 4.5). Once the
Password has been set, The user will be prompted to enter the password at
the beginning of booting and at the entry to Setup Menu.
