Manual

Table3.Securitymenuitems(continued)
Menuitem
Submenuitem
Value
Comments
Passwordat
UnattendedBoot
•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectandenablePasswordat
unattendedboot,apasswordpromptis
displayedwhenthecomputeristurnedon,
fromeitherapower-offstateorhibernation
state,byanunattendedeventsuchasaWake
onLANattempt.IfyouselectDisabled,no
passwordpromptisdisplayed;thecomputer
goesaheadandloadstheoperatingsystem.
Topreventunauthorizedaccess,settheuser
authenticationontheoperatingsystem.
PasswordatRestart•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectandenablePasswordatrestart,
apasswordpromptisdisplayedwhenyou
restartthecomputer.IfyouselectDisabled,
nopasswordpromptisdisplayed;the
computergoesaheadandloadstheoperating
system.Topreventunauthorizedaccess,
settheuserauthenticationontheoperating
system.
PasswordatBoot
DeviceList
•Disabled
•Enabled
IftheSecuritypasswordisset,thisoption
isusedtospecifywhethertheSecurity
passwordmustbeenteredtodisplaytheF12
bootdevicelist.
SelectEnabledtopromptfortheSecurity
password.SelectDisabledtoproceed
withoutanyuseractionrequired.
PasswordCount
ExceededError
•Disabled
•Enabled
SelectEnabledtoshowthePOST0199error
andpromptfortheSecuritypassword.Select
DisabledtohidethePOST0199errorand
proceedwithoutanyuseractionneeded.
SetMinimumLength
•Disabled
•xcharacters
(4≤x≤12)
Specifyaminimumlengthforpower-on
passwordsandharddiskpasswords.Ifyou
setthesupervisorpasswordandspecifya
minimumlengthforpasswords,noonebut
youcanchangethelength.
Power-OnPassword
•Disabled
•Enabled
See“Power-onpassword”onpage53.
HardDiskx
Password
•Disabled
•Enabled
See“Harddiskpasswords”onpage55.
Note:HardDisk1meanstheharddiskdrive
builtintoyourcomputer.
Predesktop
Authentication
•Disabled
•Enabled
Enableordisablefingerprintauthentication
beforetheoperatingsystemisloaded.
ReaderPriority•External➙Internal
•InternalOnly
IfExternal➙Internalisselected,an
externalfingerprintreaderisusedifattached.
Otherwise,aninternalfingerprintreaderis
used.IfInternalOnlyisselected,aninternal
fingerprintreaderisused.
SecurityMode
•Normal
•High
Iffingerprintauthenticationfails,youstillcan
startthecomputerbyenteringapassword.If
youhaveselectedNormal,enterapower-on
passwordorasupervisorpassword;ifyou
Fingerprint
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