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CHAPTER 6: Traveling with Your Notebook Security • Get a locking cable for your notebook so you can attach a cable lock and leave your notebook in your hotel room while you are away. • Always keep your notebook with you while waiting in airports, train stations, or bus terminals. Be ready to claim your notebook as soon as it passes through the X-ray machine in security checkpoints. • Write down your notebook model number and serial number (located on the bottom of your notebook) in case of theft or loss, and keep the information in a safe place. Also, tape your business card or an address label to your notebook and accessories. • Whoever sits next to you or behind you can see your notebook display. Avoid working with confidential files until you can be sure of privacy. • Use a startup password to restrict access to your notebook. The startup password is set using the BIOS utility. Caution Use a password that you can remember, but that is difficult for someone else to guess. The password feature is very secure, with no easy way to recover a forgotten password. If you forget your password, you must return your notebook to Gateway for service. To create a startup password: 1 Restart your notebook. As soon as you see a startup screen, press F2. The BIOS Setup utility opens. 2 Open the Security menu, highlight Set Supervisor Password, then press ENTER and follow the instructions. You must set the supervisor password in order to set the user (startup) password. Important You must enter the Supervisor Password each time you use the BIOS Setup utility. 3 Highlight Set User Password, then press ENTER and follow the instructions. This is the password you need to enter at startup. Important You must enter the User Password each time you turn on your notebook if it was turned off or put in hibernate mode. You do not need to enter the User Password if your notebook was put in Sleep mode. 64

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CHAPTER
6
: Traveling with Your Notebook
64
Security
•
Get a locking cable for your notebook so you can attach
a cable lock and leave your notebook in your hotel room
while you are away.
•
Always keep your notebook with you while waiting in
airports, train stations, or bus terminals. Be ready to
claim your notebook as soon as it passes through the
X-ray machine in security checkpoints.
•
Write down your notebook model number and serial
number (located on the bottom of your notebook) in
case of theft or loss, and keep the information in a safe
place. Also, tape your business card or an address label
to your notebook and accessories.
•
Whoever sits next to you or behind you can see your
notebook display. Avoid working with confidential files
until you can be sure of privacy.
•
Use a startup password to restrict access to your
notebook. The startup password is set using the BIOS
utility.
To create a startup password:
1
Restart your notebook. As soon as you see a startup
screen, press
F2
. The BIOS Setup utility opens.
2
Open the
Security
menu, highlight
Set Supervisor
Password
, then press
E
NTER
and follow the
instructions. You must set the supervisor password
in order to set the user (startup) password.
3
Highlight
Set User Password
, then press
E
NTER
and
follow the instructions. This is the password you
need to enter at startup.
Caution
Use a password that you can remember, but that is difficult for
someone else to guess. The password feature is very secure, with no
easy way to recover a forgotten password. If you forget your password,
you must return your notebook to Gateway for service.
Important
You must enter the Supervisor Password each time you use
the BIOS Setup utility.
Important
You must enter the User Password each time you turn on
your notebook if it was turned off or put in hibernate mode. You
do not need to enter the User Password if your notebook was put
in Sleep mode.