User Manual

SetupUtilityprogrampasswordtypes

Thefollowingtypesofpasswordsareavailable:

•Power-onpassword

Whenapower-onpasswordisset,youarepromptedtoenteravalidpasswordeachtimethecomputeris

turnedon.Thecomputercannotbeuseduntilthevalidpasswordisentered.

•Administratorpassword

Settinganadministratorpassworddetersunauthorizedusersfromchangingconﬁgurationsettings.Ifyou

areresponsibleformaintainingtheconﬁgurationsettingsofseveralcomputers,youmightwanttoset

anadministratorpassword.

Whenanadministratorpasswordisset,youarepromptedtoenteravalidpasswordeachtimeyou

trytoaccesstheSetupUtilityprogram.TheSetupUtilityprogramcannotbeaccesseduntilavalid

passwordisentered.

Ifboththepower-onpasswordandadministratorpasswordareset,youcanentereitherpassword.

However,youmustuseyouradministratorpasswordtochangeanyconﬁgurationsettings.

•Harddiskpassword

Settingaharddiskpasswordpreventsunauthorizedaccesstothedataonthestoragedrive.Whena

harddiskpasswordisset,youarepromptedtoenteravalidpasswordeachtimeyoutrytoaccess

thestoragedrive.

Notes:

–Afteryousetaharddiskpassword,yourdataonthestoragedriveisprotectedevenifthestoragedrive

isremovedfromonecomputerandinstalledinanother.

–Iftheharddiskpasswordisforgotten,thereisnowaytoresetthepasswordorrecoverdatafrom

thestoragedrive.

Passwordconsiderations

Apasswordcanbeanycombinationofupto64alphabeticandnumericcharacters.Forsecurityreasons,it

isrecommendedtouseastrongpasswordthatcannotbeeasilycompromised.

Note:TheSetupUtilityprogrampasswordsarenotcasesensitive.

Tosetastrongpassword,considerthefollowingguidelines:

•Haveatleasteightcharactersinlength

•Containatleastonealphabeticcharacterandonenumericcharacter

•Notbeyournameoryourusername

•Notbeacommonwordoracommonname

•Besigniﬁcantlydifferentfromyourpreviouspasswords

Setting,changing,anddeletingapassword

Toset,change,ordeleteapassword,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage31.

2.SelectSecurity.

3.Dependingonthepasswordtype,selectSetPower-OnPassword,SetAdministratorPassword,or

HardDiskPasswordandpressEnter.

4.Followtheinstructionsontherightsideofthescreentoset,change,ordeleteapassword.

Note:Apasswordcanbeanycombinationofupto64alphabeticandnumericcharacters.Formore

information,see“Passwordconsiderations”onpage34.

5.ExittheSetupUtilityprogram.See“ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage35.

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