User guide

Table4.Securitymenuitems
Menuitem
Submenuitem
Value
Comments
SupervisorPassword
•Disabled
•Enabled
Referto“Supervisor
password”onpage50.
LockUEFIBIOSSettings
•Disabled
•Enabled
Enableordisablethe
functionthatprotects
itemsintheThinkPad
Setupprogramfrom
beingchangedbyauser
whodoesnothavethe
supervisorpassword.
Bydefault,thisissetto
Disabled.Ifyousetthe
supervisorpasswordand
enablethisfunction,no
onebutyoucanchange
itemsintheThinkPadSetup
program.
Passwordatunattended
boot
•Disabled
•Enabled
Ifyouselectandenable
Passwordatunattended
boot,apasswordprompt
isdisplayedwhenthe
computeristurnedon,
fromeitherapower-off
stateorhibernationstate,
byanunattendedevent
suchasaWakeonLAN
attempt.Ifyouselect
Disabled,nopassword
promptisdisplayed;the
computergoesaheadand
loadstheoperatingsystem.
Topreventunauthorized
access,settheuser
authenticationonthe
operatingsystem.
Passwordatrestart•Disabled
•Enabled
Ifyouselectandenable
Passwordatrestart,
apasswordpromptis
displayedwhenyourestart
thecomputer.Ifyouselect
Disabled,nopassword
promptisdisplayed;the
computergoesaheadand
loadstheoperatingsystem.
Topreventunauthorized
access,settheuser
authenticationonthe
operatingsystem.
SetMinimumLength
•Disabled
•xcharacters
(4≤x≤12)
Specifyaminimumlength
forthepower-onpassword
andharddiskpassword.
Ifyousetthesupervisor
passwordandspecify
aminimumlengthfor
passwords,noonebutyou
canchangethelength.
Password
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