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Security Menu – Security Functions
The
Security
menu offers various options for protecting your system and personal data from un authorized access. Using a sensible
combination of these options will help you achieve maximum protection for your system.
The following security settings can be made in this menu. Some of them are only available under certain conditions.
18.1
Password Description
Neither an Administrator password nor a User password has been allocated.
Opening the BIOS Setup and booting the system are possible without restriction.
Only the Administrator password was allocated.
If ONLY an Administrator password was allocated, only the BIOS Setup is protected. Booting
the system can be performed without restriction.
When you access the BIOS Setup with an
Administrator password, the Administrator access level is assigned to you and you have unrestricted
access to the BIOS Setup. If you access the BIOS Setup without a password, access to the
BIOS Setup is limited because you are only
assigned the User access level
.
