Packard Bell oneTwo L5860 / L5861 AIO Computer Service Guide
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Security menu
Note the following before you define a system password:
•
The maximum length of password contains 8 alphanumeric characters. The following keys are valid:
–
A-Z, a-z (case-insensitive)
–
0-9
–
` - + [ ] \ ; ' , . /,
–
Special keypad characters: 0-9 / * - +
•
When you are prompted to enter a password, you have three tries before the system halts. Do not forget
your password. If you forget your password, you may have to return your computer to your dealer to reset
it.
Field
Description
Value
Supervisor Password
Displays the supervisor password status. When set to Installed,
this password will allow the user to access and change all
settings in the Setup Utility.
Installed
Not Installed
User Password
Displays the user password status. Only the following menus will
be accessible when this password is used to logged in:
• System Date and System Time
• Exit Without Saving
The
F9
key (Load Default Settings) will also be unavailable.
Change Supervisor
Password
Press
Enter
to change the supervisor password.
Change User Password
Press
Enter
to change the user password. Note that this field:
• is only accessible when a supervisor password is set;
• is cleared when the supervisor password is cleared.
Security Option
This field is only visible when the supervisor or user password is
installed.
• Setup – User will be prompted to enter the password when
trying to access the Setup Utility.
• System – User will be prompted to enter the password both
during boot-up and when trying to access the Setup Utility.
Setup
System
Boot Sector Virus Protection
This field is not visible when the onboard SATA controller mode is
set to either AHCI or RAID. If disabled, when anything attempts
to access the boot sector or the hard disk partition table, there
will be no warning message.
Disabled
Enabled
