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4-13 Set Supervisor/ User Password

You can set supervisor password, user password, or both. The differences are:

Supervisor password: You can enter the setup menus and change the options.

User password: You can enter the setup menus but do not have the right to

change the options. When you select this function, the

following message will appear at the center of the screen to

assist you in creating a password.

ENTER PASSWORD:

Type the password, up to eight characters in length, and press <Enter>. The password

typed will clear any previous password from CMOS memory. You will be

asked to confirm the password. Type the password again and press <Enter>. You may

also press <Esc> to abort the selection without entering password.

To disable a password, just press <Enter> when you are prompted to enter the

password. A message will confirm if you want to disable the password. Once the

password is disabled, the system will boot and you can enter Setup menus freely.

PASSWORD DISABLED.

When a password has been enabled, you have to enter it every time before you

enter the Setup. This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of

your system configuration.

Additionally, when a password is enabled, you can also have the BIOS to request a

password at every time when your system is rebooted. This would prevent the

unauthorized user.

You can determine if the password is required within the BIOS Features Setup Menu

and its Security option. If the Security option is set to "System", the password will

be required both at boot and at entry to Setup. If set to "Setup",

the password is required only at the entry to Setup.