3-8 Using the BIOS Setup Utility
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Assign User Password — Establishes a user password once a supervisor password
is set.
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Boot Password Required — Indicates whether or not a password is required during
system boot.
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Resume Password required — Indicates whether or not a password is required
during system resume. Boot Password must be defined to activate this parameter.
(Not applicable in Windows 98 with ACPI.)
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Assign HDD Password — Allows you to assign a password to allow or restrict
access to the hard disk drive contents.
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Internal HDD Password — Enables or disables the HDD password.
Establishing Passwords
To establish password protection for entering the BIOS Setup Utility or accessing the
system at startup, you must set the supervisor password before setting a user password.
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To enter a password simply select Assign Supervisor Password, enter the password,
re-enter the password to confirm, and press any key to continue. Repeat the
procedure to set the user password.
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To initiate password protection while you step away from your system, simply press
Ctrl
,
Alt,
Backspace
. The Caps lock and Scroll lock LEDs alternately flash
indicating that you must enter a password to resume operation.
To establish password protection for resuming from Standby or Hibernation modes you
must do the following:
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Set a Windows password in Control Panel, Password Properties, Change
Passwords.
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Enable the option “Prompt for password when the computer goes off standby,” in
Control Panel, Power Management Properties, Advanced.
Hard Disk Drive Passwords
Your NEC Versa allows you to establish password protection for the internal hard disk
drive. Hard disk drive (HDD) password protection restricts access to the drive, if the
drive is removed from your NEC Versa and installed in another system. You are not
required to enter your hard disk drive passwords while the drive remains in your
current system.
The HDD passwords are written to the system BIOS and to the hard disk drive to
ensure that the password protection travels with the drive when moved from system to
system.
