User's Guide

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Thenexttimeyouturnonyourtablet,youwillhavetoentertheuserormasterharddiskpasswordinorder
tostartyourtabletandgetaccesstoyouroperatingsystem.
Changingorremovingaharddiskpassword
Followsteps1through8in“Settingaharddiskpassword”onpage31,enteringyourpasswordtoget
accesstotheThinkPadSetupprogram.
Tochangeorremovetheuserharddiskpassword,dothefollowing:
Tochangetheharddiskpassword,enterthecurrentpasswordintheEnterCurrentPasswordeld.Then
enterthenewpasswordintheEnterNewPasswordeld,andreenterthepasswordyoujustenteredto
verifyitintheConrmNewPasswordeld.TapEnter,andaSetupNoticewindowisdisplayed.TapYes
toexitfromtheSetupNoticewindow.Theuserharddiskpasswordwillbechanged.
Toremovetheharddiskpassword,enterthecurrentpasswordintheEnterCurrentPasswordeld.
ThenleavetheEnterNewPasswordandConrmNewPasswordeldsblank,andtapEnter.ASetup
Noticewindowisdisplayed.TapYestoexitfromtheSetupNoticewindow.Theuserharddiskpassword
willberemoved.
TochangeorremovetheUser+Masterharddiskpasswords,selectUserHDPorMasterHDP.
IfyouchooseUserHDP,dothefollowing:
Tochangetheuserharddiskpassword,enterthecurrentuserharddiskpasswordorthecurrentmaster
harddiskpasswordintheEnterCurrentPasswordeld.Thenenterthenewuserharddiskpasswordin
theEnterNewPasswordeld,andreenterthepasswordyoujustenteredtoverifyitintheConrm
NewPasswordeld.TapEnter,andaSetupNoticewindowisdisplayed.TapYestoexitfromtheSetup
Noticewindow.Theuserharddiskpasswordischanged.
Toremovetheuserharddiskpassword,enterthecurrentmasterharddiskpasswordintheEnterCurrent
Passwordeld.ThenleavetheEnterNewPasswordandConrmNewPasswordeldsblank,andtap
Enter.ASetupNoticewindowisdisplayed.TapYestoexitfromtheSetupNoticewindow.Boththeuser
andmasterharddiskpasswordswillberemoved.
IfyouchooseMasterHDP,dothefollowing:
Tochangethemasterharddiskpassword,enterthecurrentmasterharddiskpasswordintheEnter
CurrentPasswordeld.ThenenterthenewmasterharddiskpasswordintheEnterNewPassword
eld,andreenterthepasswordyoujustenteredtoverifyitintheConrmNewPasswordeld.Tap
Enter,andaSetupNoticewindowisdisplayed.TapYestoexitfromtheSetupNoticewindow.The
masterharddiskpasswordischanged.
Toremovethemasterharddiskpassword,enterthecurrentmasterharddiskpasswordintheEnter
CurrentPasswordeld.ThenleavetheEnterNewPasswordandConrmNewPasswordeldsblank,
andtapEnter.ASetupNoticewindowisdisplayed.TapYestoexitfromtheSetupNoticewindow.Both
theuserandmasterharddiskpasswordswillberemoved.
Supervisorpassword
ThesupervisorpasswordprotectsthesysteminformationstoredinThinkPadSetup.Withoutit,noonecan
changethecongurationofthetablet.Itprovidesthefollowingsecurityfeatures:
Ifasupervisorpasswordisset,apasswordpromptisdisplayedwhenyoutrytostarttheThinkPadSetup
program.Unauthorizeduserscannotgetaccesstocongurationdata.
Thesystemadministratorcanusethesupervisorpasswordtogetaccesstoacomputereveniftheuserof
thatcomputerhassetapower-onpassword.Thesupervisorpasswordoverridesthepower-onpassword.
Ifbothasupervisorpasswordandapower-onpasswordareset,youcandothefollowingonlyifyou
havethesupervisorpassword:
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