Acer G310 Altos G310 Service Guide - Page 54

Security Menu Parameter Supervisor Password User Password Change Supervisor Password Clear User Password Clear User Password Description Option Prevents unauthorized access to the BIOS setup. Not Installed Installed Secures your system against unauthorized use. Once you set this password, you have to type it whenever you boot the system. User password is available only when a Supervisor password is set. Not Installed Installed You can install a Supervisor password, and if you install a supervisor password, you can then install a user password. A user password does not provide access to many of the features in the Setup utility. If you highlight these items and press Enter, a dialog box appears which lets you enter a password. You can enter no more than six letters or numbers. Press Enter after you have typed in the password. A second dialog box asks you to retype the password for confirmation. Press Enter after you have retyped it correctly. The password is required at boot time, or when the user enters the Setup utility. The characters allow for password are ( "a-z", "A-Z","0-9"). Six characters are allowed for a password. Highlight this item and type in the current password. At the next dialog box press Enter to disable password protection. Press [Enter] to remove the User password. Chapter 2 46