Operating Manual

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Property and data protection
The software functions on your notebook enable you to protect your system and personal data in a
number of ways against unauthorized access. By combining these options, you can achieve optimum
protection for your system.
Security functions under Windows 9x
Under Windows 9x you can activate a screen saver and protect it with a password. Only those users
who know the password can deactivate the screen saver and access any open files.
BIOS Setup security functions
The
Security
menu in
BIOS Setup
offers you various options for protecting your system and personal
data against unauthorized access. By combining these options, you can achieve optimum protection
for your system.
Preventing unauthorized BIOS Setup calls
You can activate this protection by setting a supervisor password in the
Security
menu
(
Set Supervisor Password
).
Preventing unauthorized system access
You can activate this protection by setting a user password in the
Security
menu (
Set User Password
). In
addition, you must select the entry
Enabled
in the
Password on boot
field.
Preventing unauthorized access to the hard disk drives
You activate this protection when you set hard disk passwords in the
Hard Disk Security
submenu of
the
Security
menu (
Set HD1/HD2 password
).
If set, the hard disk passwords are checked at each system startup, regardless of whether
Password On Boot
is set to
Enabled
or
Disabled
.
Preventing unauthorized access to floppy disk drive
To activate this protection, select the value
Supervisor
for the
Diskette access
field in the
Security
menu.
Preventing unauthorized access to MobiDock
You can only activate this protection if the notebook is connected to a MobiDock.
You can activate this protection by setting a docking station password in the
Docking
menu
(
Set Docking Station Password
).
Preventing unauthorized update of flash BIOS
To activate this protection, select the value
Disabled
for the
Flash Update
field in the
Security
menu.