Acer TravelMate 4650 TravelMate 4150 / 4650 Service Guide - Page 60

Security The Security screen contains parameters that help safeguard and protect your computer from unauthorized use. Insyde Software SCU Main Advanced Security Set User Password May 20, 2003 5:40:09 AM Boot Exit Set Supervisor Password _ Lock HardDisk Drive --------Set Supervisor password Enter old Supervisor password Enter new Supervisor Password Verify new Supervisor Password Boot System OK Cancel Enter new password. Password will NOT be displayed If password on boot is required, the password must be set otherwise it cannot be enabled. The formats of the password are as follows: T Length 10 characters T Characters Alphanumeric keys only. The shift status i.e. Ctrl, Shift, Alt and Capital are ignored. The table below describes the parameters in this screen. Settings in boldface are the default and suggested parameter settings. Parameter Set User Password Set Supervisor Password Lock Hard Disk Drive Description Defines whether a password is required or not while the events defined in this group happened. The following sub-options are all requires the Supervisor password for changes and should be grayed out if the user password was used to enter setup. When you set Supervisor password already and then you reboot and into BIOS setup manual by User password, the set Supervisor password, Boot device and Lock Hard Drive will be disable. Allows the user to specify whether or not a password is required to boot. Set the password to lock the hard disk drive Chapter 2 51