Operation Manual

Security functions
Removing passwords
To remove a password (without setting a new password) perform the following steps:
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► Start the BIOS Setup Utility and go to the Security menu.
► Highlight the Set Supervisor Password or Set User Password field and press t he Enter key.
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You will be requested to enter the current password by the E nter Current Password prompt.
You will be requested to enter 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 key.
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The notebook will now reboot with the password removed.
Removing the supervisor password simultaneously deactivates the user password.
Password protectio
n for booting of the operating system
With the supervisor password y ou ha ve set in the BIOS Setup Utility (see
section "
Setting supervisor and user password", Page 59), you can also
prevent booting of the operating system.
Operating system
Activating system protection
► Start the BIOS Setup Utility and go to the Security menu.
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► Select the Password on B oot optio n and press the Enter key.
► Select the desired option (Disabled, First Boot or E very Boot) and press the Enter key
► Select the Save Changes & Exit option unde r Exit.
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The notebook will reboot. You will be prompted to enter your p assword (the supervisor passw ord).
Deactivating system protection
► Start the BIOS Setup Utility and go to the Security menu.
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► Select the Password on B oot optio n and press the Enter key.
► Select the Disabled option and press the Enter key.
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If you do not want to change any other settings, you ca n exit BIOS Setup Utility.
► Select the Save Changes & Exit option unde r Exit.
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The notebook will reboot. The system is no longer password-protected.
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