4.SelectYesinthewindowdisplayedandpressEntertoconfirmyourselection.
5.TosavesettingandexittheSetupUtilityprogram,pressF10,selectY esinthewindowdisplayed,
andpressEnter.
Note:Forsomekeyboards,youmightneedtopressFn+F10toexittheSetupUtilityprogram.
UsingBIOSpasswords
ByusingtheSetupUtilityprogram,youcansetpasswordstopreventunauthorizedaccesstoyourcomputer
anddata.
Youdonothavetosetanypasswordstouseyourcomputer.However,usingpasswordsimprovescomputer
security.Ifyoudecidetosetanypasswords,readthefollowingtopics.
Passwordtypes
ThefollowingtypesofpasswordsareavailableintheSetupUtilityprogram:
•Power-onpassword
Whenapower-onpasswordisset,youarepromptedtoenteravalidpasswordeachtimethecomputeris
turnedon.Thecomputercannotbeuseduntilthevalidpasswordisentered.
•Administratorpassword
Settinganadministratorpassworddetersunauthorizedusersfromchangingconfigurationsettings.Ifyou
areresponsibleformaintainingtheconfigurationsettingsofseveralcomputers,youmightwanttoset
anadministratorpassword.
Whenanadministratorpasswordisset,youarepromptedtoenteravalidpasswordeachtimeyou
trytoaccesstheSetupUtilityprogram.TheSetupUtilityprogramcannotbeaccesseduntilavalid
passwordisentered.
Ifboththepower-onpasswordandadministratorpasswordareset,youcanentereitherpassword.
However,youmustuseyouradministratorpasswordtochangeanyconfigurationsettings.
•Harddiskpassword
Settingaharddiskpasswordpreventsunauthorizedaccesstothedataontheinternalstoragedrive(such
asaharddiskdrive).Whenaharddiskpasswordisset,youarepromptedtoenteravalidpasswordeach
timeyoutrytoaccessthestoragedrive.
Notes:
–Afteryousetaharddiskpassword,yourdataonthestoragedriveisprotectedevenifthestoragedrive
isremovedfromonecomputerandinstalledinanother.
–Iftheharddiskpasswordisforgotten,thereisnowaytoresetthepasswordorrecoverdatafrom
thestoragedrive.
Passwordconsiderations
Apasswordcanbeanycombinationofupto64alphabeticandnumericcharacters.Forsecurityreasons,it
isrecommendedtouseastrongpasswordthatcannotbeeasilycompromised.
Note:TheSetupUtilityprogrampasswordsarenotcasesensitive.
Tosetastrongpassword,considerthefollowingguidelines:
•Haveatleasteightcharactersinlength
•Containatleastonealphabeticcharacterandonenumericcharacter
•Notbeyournameoryourusername
•Notbeacommonwordoracommonname
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