Technical information

Chapter 5. Protecting Your Computer

This chapter provides information about how to protect your

computer and its internal devices.

Using Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Power-On Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Setting a Power-On Password ................ 111

Changing a Power-On Password .............. 112

Removing a Power-On Password .............. 113

Hard-Disk Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Setting a Hard-Disk Password ................ 115

Changing a Hard-Disk Password .............. 116

Removing a Hard-Disk Password .............. 117

Supervisor Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Considerations When Using Easy-Setup .......... 118

Setting a Supervisor Password ................ 119

Changing a Supervisor Password .............. 120

Removing a Supervisor Password .............. 121

Using the Hard-Disk and Power-On Passwords ........ 122

Using the Supervisor and Hard-Disk Passwords ....... 122

Using Several Hard Disk Drives with the Supervisor

Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Setting a Supervisor Password when Using Several Hard

Disk Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Changing or Removing the Supervisor Password when

Using Several Hard Disk Drives .............. 124

Using the Personalization Utility Program ............. 125

Using Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Using the Lock on the Hard Disk Drive ............. 130

Using the Security Lock ..................... 131

Using the PC Card Lock ..................... 132

Removing the PC Card Lock ................. 132