HP PC Commercial BIOS (UEFI) Setup Administration Guide For Commercial Platforms using HP BIOSphere Gen 3-5 2016 -2019 Technical Whitepaper
HP PC Commercial BIOS (UEFI) Setup 
June 2019 
919946-004 
© Copyright 2016-2019 HP Development Company, L.P. 
4 Security Menu 21 
4.2 Administrator Authentication Policies Menu 
This submenu allows the administrator to set limitations to some boot features, such as administrator permissions, 
requiring the user to enter an administrator password. To access this menu, a password must be already set. 
Table 10  Password Policies Menu features 
Feature 
Type 
Description 
Default 
Notes 
 Prompt for Admin 
authentication on F9 (Boot 
Menu) 
Setting 
When checked, the administrator password is 
required to enter the boot menu. 
Unchecked 
 Prompt for Admin 
authentication on F11 
(System Recovery) 
Setting 
When checked, the administrator password is 
required to enter system recovery. 
Unchecked 
 Prompt for Admin 
authentication on F12 
(Network Boot) 
Setting 
When checked, the administrator password is 
required to enter the network boot menu. 
Unchecked 
 Prompt for Admin 
authentication on Capsule 
Update 
Setting 
When checked, the administrator password is 
required to process a firmware capsule update. 
Unchecked 
 BIOS Administrator 
visible at Power-on 
Authentication 
Setting 
When not checked, there is only a prompt for the 
Power-on password. 
Checked 










