Operation Manual

Security functions
Removing passwords
To remove a passw ord (without setting a new password) perform the following steps:
PasswordSupervisorHDDp asswordUserHDDpassword
► Start the B IOS Setup Utility and go to the Security menu.
► Highlight the Set Supervisor Password or Set User Password field and press the Enter key.
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You will be r equested to enter the current password by the Enter Current Password prompt.
You will be requested to e nter a new password by the Enter New Password prompt.
► Press the Enter key twice.
► In the Exit menu, select the option Save Changes & Exit.
► Select Yes and press the Enter k ey.
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The notebo ok will now reboot with the password removed.
Removing the sup ervisor HDD password simultaneously deactivates the user H DD password.
Password protectio
n for booting of the operating system
With the supervisor HDD password yo u have set in the BIOS Setup Utility
(see section "
Setting supervisor and user HDD password", Page 55), you
can also prevent booting of the operating system.
Operating system
Activating system protection
► Start the BIOS Se
tup Utility and go to the Security menu.
Operatingsystem
► Select the Password on Boot option and press the Enter key.
► Select the desi
red option (Disabled, First B oot or Every Boot) and press the Enter key
► Select the Save Changes & Exit option under Exit.
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The notebook w
ill reboot. You will be prompted to enter your password
(the supervis
or HDD password ).
Deactivating system protection
► Start the BI
OS Setup Utility and go to the Security menu.
Operatingsystem
► Select the Password on Boot option and press the Enter key.
► Select the
Disabled option and press the Enter key.
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If you d o not want to change any other settings, you can exit BIOS Setup Utility.
► Select th
e Save Changes & Exit option under Exit.
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The notebook will reboot. The system is no longer password-protected .
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