NEC VERSA LITEPAD TABLET PC, Manual

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Using the BIOS Setup Utility 3-9
Set Master HDDs Security Password — Allows you to set or clear
the hard drive password. When set, allows hard drive access only
from this system. Power must be cycled to lock the hard drive.
Set User HDDs Security Password — Allows you to set or clear
the hard drive password. When set, allows hard drive access only
from this system. Power must be cycled to lock the hard drive.
Password Protection
Your NEC Versa LitePad tablet PC 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.
Note
For security, use different passwords for Supervisor and User
passwords.
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.