NEC VERSA FX, Service And Reference Manual

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2-14 System Configuration and Setup
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Assign Supervisor Password — Establishes password protection for entering the BIOS
setup utility, booting the system, and resuming from Standby. (Resume from Standby,
not applicable in Windows 98 with ACPI.)
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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.
Security Protection
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.