User guide

Table5.Securitymenuitems(continued)
Menuitem
Submenuitem
Value
Comments
password.Bydefault,thisissettoDisabled.
Ifyousetthesupervisorpasswordandenable
thisfunction,noonebutyoucanchangethe
itemsinThinkPadSetup.
Passwordat
unattendedboot
•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectandenablePasswordat
unattendedboot,apasswordpromptis
displayedwhenthecomputeristurnedon,from
eitherapower-offstateorhibernationstate,by
anunattendedeventsuchasaWakeonLAN
attempt.IfyouselectDisabled,nopassword
promptisdisplayed;thecomputergoesahead
andloadstheoperatingsystem.Toprevent
unauthorizedaccess,settheuserauthentication
ontheoperatingsystem.
Passwordatrestart•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectandenablePasswordatrestart,
apasswordpromptisdisplayedwhenyou
restartthecomputer.IfyouselectDisabled,no
passwordpromptisdisplayed;thecomputer
goesaheadandloadstheoperatingsystem.
Topreventunauthorizedaccess,settheuser
authenticationontheoperatingsystem.
SetMinimumLength
•Disabled
•xcharacters
(4≤x≤12)
Specifyaminimumlengthforpower-on
passwordsandharddiskpasswords.Ifyou
setthesupervisorpasswordandspecifya
minimumlengthforpasswords,noonebutyou
canchangethelength.
Power-OnPassword
•Disabled
•Enabled
Formoreinformation,see“Power-onpassword”
onpage47
.
HardDiskx
Password
•Disabled
•Enabled
Formoreinformation,see“Harddisk
passwords”onpage49.
Note:HardDisk1meanstheharddiskdriveis
builtintoyourcomputer.
Predesktop
Authentication
•Disabled
•Enabled
Enableordisablengerprintauthentication
beforetheoperatingsystemisloaded.
ReaderPriority•External➙
Internal
•InternalOnly
IfExternal➙Internalisselected,anexternal
ngerprintreaderisusedifattached.Otherwise,
aninternalngerprintreaderisused.IfInternal
Onlyisselected,aninternalngerprintreader
isused.
SecurityMode
•Normal
•High
Ifngerprintauthenticationfails,youstillcan
startthecomputerbyenteringapassword.If
youhaveselectedNormal,enterapower-on
passwordorasupervisorpassword;ifyouhave
selectedHigh,enterasupervisorpassword.
Password
Authentication
•Disabled
•Enabled
Enableordisablepasswordauthentication.This
itemisavailablewhenhighsecuritymodeis
selected.
Fingerprint
ResetFingerprint
Data
•Enter
Thisoptionisusedtoeraseallngerprintdata
storedinthengerprintreaderandresetsettings
tothefactorystate.Asaresult,anypower-on
securityfeaturespreviouslyenabledwillnotbe
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