Dell Inspiron 3030 Desktop Owners Manual - Page 90

Table 32. System setup options-Passwords menu continued, Table 33. System setup options-Update

Get Dell Inspiron 3030 Desktop PDF manuals and user guides View all Dell Inspiron 3030 Desktop manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals

Page 90 highlights

Table 32. System setup options-Passwords menu (continued) Passwords By default, the Non-Admin Setup Changes option is disabled. For additional security, Dell Technologies recommends keeping the Non-Admin Setup Changes option disabled. Admin Setup Lockout The Admin Setup Lockout option prevents an end user from even viewing the BIOS setup configuration without first entering the administrator password (if set). By default, the Admin Setup Lockout option is disabled. For additional security, Dell Technologies recommends keeping the Admin Setup Lockout option disabled. Recovery Password The Recovery Password can be used when a system owner forgets the administrator, system, or hard drive password. You can get an unlock code from Dell Support over the phone after verifying ownership details. The unlock code overrides and removes the existing password. NOTE: When a hard drive password is overridden using this method, the data on the hard drive is erased if secure erase was enabled when setting the password. Master Password Lockout Enable Master Password Lockout The Master Password Lockout setting allows you to disable the Recovery Password feature. If the computer, administrator, or hard drive password is forgotten, the computer becomes unusable. NOTE: When the owner password is set, the Master Password Lockout option is not available. NOTE: When an internal hard drive password is set, it must first be cleared before Master Password Lockout can be changed. By default, the Enable Master Password Lockout option is disabled. Dell does not recommend enabling the Master Password Lockout unless you have implemented your own password recovery computer. Table 33. System setup options-Update, Recovery menu Update, Recovery UEFI Capsule Firmware Updates Enable UEFI Capsule Firmware Updates Enables or disables BIOS updates through UEFI capsule update packages. NOTE: Disabling this option blocks the BIOS updates from services such as Microsoft Windows Update and Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS). By default, the Enable UEFI Capsule Firmware Updates option is enabled. BIOS Recovery from Hard Drive Enables or disables the user to recover from certain corrupted BIOS conditions from a recovery file on the user primary hard drive or an external USB key. By default, the BIOS Recovery from Hard Drive option is enabled. NOTE: BIOS Recovery from Hard Drive is not available for self-encrypting drives (SED). NOTE: BIOS recovery is designed to fix the main BIOS block and cannot work if the Boot Block is damaged. In addition, this feature cannot work in the event of EC corruption, ME corruption, or a hardware issue. The recovery image must exist on an unencrypted partition on the drive. BIOS Downgrade Allow BIOS Downgrade Controls flashing of the computer firmware to previous revisions. 90 BIOS Setup

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 67
  • 68
  • 69
  • 70
  • 71
  • 72
  • 73
  • 74
  • 75
  • 76
  • 77
  • 78
  • 79
  • 80
  • 81
  • 82
  • 83
  • 84
  • 85
  • 86
  • 87
  • 88
  • 89
  • 90
  • 91
  • 92
  • 93
  • 94
  • 95
  • 96
  • 97
  • 98
  • 99
  • 100
  • 101
Table 32. System setup options—Passwords menu (continued)
Passwords
By default, the
Non-Admin Setup Changes
option is disabled.
For additional security, Dell Technologies recommends keeping the
Non-Admin
Setup Changes
option disabled.
Admin Setup Lockout
The
Admin Setup Lockout
option prevents an end user from even viewing the
BIOS setup configuration without first entering the administrator password (if
set).
By default, the
Admin Setup Lockout
option is disabled.
For additional security, Dell Technologies recommends keeping the
Admin Setup
Lockout
option disabled.
Recovery Password
The Recovery Password can be used when a system owner forgets the
administrator, system, or hard drive password. You can get an unlock code from
Dell Support over the phone after verifying ownership details. The unlock code
overrides and removes the existing password.
NOTE:
When a hard drive password is overridden using this method, the data
on the hard drive is erased if secure erase was enabled when setting the
password.
Master Password Lockout
Enable Master Password Lockout
The Master Password Lockout setting allows you to disable the Recovery
Password feature. If the computer, administrator, or hard drive password is
forgotten, the computer becomes unusable.
NOTE:
When the owner password is set, the Master Password Lockout
option is not available.
NOTE:
When an internal hard drive password is set, it must first be cleared
before Master Password Lockout can be changed.
By default, the
Enable Master Password Lockout
option is disabled.
Dell does not recommend enabling the
Master Password Lockout
unless you
have implemented your own password recovery computer.
Table 33. System setup options—Update, Recovery menu 
Update, Recovery
UEFI Capsule Firmware Updates
Enable UEFI Capsule Firmware Updates
Enables or disables BIOS updates through UEFI capsule update packages.
NOTE:
Disabling this option blocks the BIOS updates from services such as
Microsoft Windows Update and Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS).
By default, the
Enable UEFI Capsule Firmware Updates
option is enabled.
BIOS Recovery from Hard Drive
Enables or disables the user to recover from certain corrupted BIOS conditions
from a recovery file on the user primary hard drive or an external USB key.
By default, the
BIOS Recovery from Hard Drive
option is enabled.
NOTE:
BIOS Recovery from Hard Drive is not available for self-encrypting
drives (SED).
NOTE:
BIOS recovery is designed to fix the main BIOS block and cannot work
if the Boot Block is damaged. In addition, this feature cannot work in the
event of EC corruption, ME corruption, or a hardware issue. The recovery
image must exist on an unencrypted partition on the drive.
BIOS Downgrade
Allow BIOS Downgrade
Controls flashing of the computer firmware to previous revisions.
90
BIOS Setup