Using the BIOS Setup Utility 3-9
Supervisor Password Is — Display only. Automatically displays password status.
User Password Is — Display only. Automatically displays password status.
Set Supervisor Password — Controls access to the setup utility.
Set User Password — Controls access to the system at bootup. To enter a User
password, a Supervisor password must be enabled.
Password on Boot — Establishes whether a password is required to boot the
system.
Assign HDD Password — Allows you to assign a password to restrict access to the
hard disk drive contents if the hard drive is removed from your system (see “Hard
Disk Drive Passwords” in this chapter).
Internal HDD Password — Enables or disables the HDD password. When enabled,
allows hard drive access only from this system.
Fixed Disk Boot Sector — Normal disables boot sector write protect. Setting to
Write Protect protects the hard disk boot sector against viruses.
Password Protection
Your NEC Versa supports a password for system security. Keep in mind that you must
set the supervisor password before the BIOS Setup utility allows you to set a user
password.
Once you set a supervisor password, you must enter it before you can enter BIOS
Setup.
To establish password protection for entering the BIOS Setup utility, you must set the
supervisor password before setting a user password.
To enter a password, select Set Supervisor Password, press
Enter
, enter the password,
re-enter the password to confirm it, and press any key to continue. Repeat the procedure
to set the User password.
To establish password protection for resuming from Standby or Hibernation modes you
must do the following:
Set a Windows password in Control Panel, Password Properties, Change
Passwords.
Enable the option “Prompt for password when the computer goes off standby” in
Control Panel, Power Management Properties, Advanced.
