Operation Manual

Table6.Securitymenuitems
Menuitem
Submenuitem
Value
Comments
HardwarePassword
Manager
•Disabled
•Enabled
Manageyourpower-onpassword,supervisor
password,andyourharddiskpasswords.
SupervisorPassword
•Disabled
•Enabled
See“Supervisorpassword”onpage52.
LockUEFIBIOS
Settings
•Disabled
•Enabled
Enableordisablethefunctionthatprotectsitems
inThinkPadSetupfrombeingchangedbyauser
whodoesnothavethesupervisorpassword.By
default,thisissettoDisabled.Ifyousetthe
supervisorpasswordandenablethisfunction,no
onebutyoucanchangeanyitemsinThinkPad
Setup.
Passwordat
unattendedboot
•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectandenablePasswordatunattended
boot,apasswordpromptisdisplayedwhenthe
computeristurnedon,fromeitherapower-off
stateorhibernationstate,byanunattendedevent
suchasaWakeonLANattempt.Ifyouselect
Disabled,nopasswordpromptisdisplayed;the
computergoesaheadandloadstheoperating
system.Topreventunauthorizedaccess,setthe
userauthenticationontheoperatingsystem.
Passwordatrestart•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectandenablePasswordatrestart,
apasswordpromptisdisplayedwhenyou
restartthecomputer.IfyouselectDisabled,no
passwordpromptisdisplayed;thecomputer
goesaheadandloadstheoperatingsystem.
Topreventunauthorizedaccess,settheuser
authenticationontheoperatingsystem.
SetMinimumLength
•Disabled
•xcharacters
(4≤x≤12)
Specifyaminimumlengthforpower-on
passwordsandharddiskpasswords.Ifyouset
thesupervisorpasswordandspecifyaminimum
lengthforpasswords,noonebutyoucanchange
thelength.
Power-OnPassword
•Disabled
•Enabled
See“Power-onpassword”onpage50.
Password
HardDiskxPassword•Disabled
•Enabled
See“Harddiskpasswords”onpage50.
Note:HardDisk1meanstheharddiskdrive
builtintoyourcomputer.
Predesktop
Authentication
•Disabled
•Enabled
Enableordisablengerprintauthentication
beforetheoperatingsystemisloaded.
ReaderPriority•External➙
Internal
•InternalOnly
IfExternal➙Internalisselected,anexternal
ngerprintreaderisusedifattached.Otherwise,
aninternalngerprintreaderisused.IfInternal
Onlyisselected,aninternalngerprintreaderis
used.
SecurityMode
•Normal
•High
Ifngerprintauthenticationfails,youstillcanstart
thecomputerbyenteringapassword.Ifyouhave
selectedNormal,enterapower-onpassword
orasupervisorpassword;ifyouhaveselected
High,enterasupervisorpassword.
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