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Title: C79EGMST CreationDate: 02/10/98 09:24:42 Using Passwords Supervisor password The supervisor password is a tool provided for the system administrator to control many ThinkPads computers. The supervisor password is set by the system administrator and it is not required for users. Users can start the computer without providing the supervisor password. The supervisor password is required only to access Easy-Setup. It provides the following security features: - Only a system administrator can access Easy-Setup. If a supervisor password is set, a password prompt appears if you try to start Easy-Setup. - You can use a power-on password to protect your data form unauthorized use, but the system administrator must set the power-on password. - The system administrator can use the supervisor password to access the computer even if you have set a power-on password. The supervisor password overrides the power-on password. - The supervisor password disables the hard disk password. The hard disk is protected by the supervisor password so that unauthorized users cannot access data on the hard disk. You will be unable to use your hard disk drive in a different computer that has its own supervisor password. - The system administrator can set the same supervisor password on many ThinkPads to make administration easier. Other password Some Microsoft operating systems provide special Windows passwords. Refer to that system's user's guide for information on how to set, change, and use these passwords. Entering a Password Once you set a password, a password prompt appears at the top left corner of the screen. Each time you turn on your computer or when your computer returns from suspend mode to normal operation. However, a password prompt is not displayed if the computer returns to normal operation by a preset timer or an incoming call on the modem, in which case you will have to display it by pressing a key or moving the pointing device. Chapter 3. Protecting Your Computer 87

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Using Passwords
Supervisor password
The supervisor password is a tool provided for the system
administrator to control many ThinkPads computers.
The
supervisor password is set by the system administrator and it is
not required for users.
Users can start the computer without
providing the supervisor password.
The supervisor password is
required only to access Easy-Setup.
It provides the following
security features:
–
Only a system administrator can access Easy-Setup.
If a
supervisor password is set, a password prompt appears if
you try to start Easy-Setup.
–
You can use a power-on password to protect your data form
unauthorized use, but the system administrator must set the
power-on password.
–
The system administrator can use the supervisor password
to access the computer even if you have set a power-on
password.
The supervisor password overrides the power-on
password.
–
The supervisor password disables the hard disk password.
The hard disk is protected by the supervisor password so
that unauthorized users cannot access data on the hard disk.
You will be unable to use your hard disk drive in a different
computer that has its own supervisor password.
–
The system administrator can set the same supervisor
password on many ThinkPads to make administration easier.
Other password
Some Microsoft operating systems provide special Windows
passwords.
Refer to that system's user's guide for information
on how to set, change, and use these passwords.
Entering a Password
Once you set a password, a password prompt appears at the top left
corner of the screen.
Each time you turn on your computer or when
your computer returns from suspend mode to normal operation.
However, a password prompt is not displayed if the computer returns
to normal operation by a preset timer or an incoming call on the
modem, in which case you will have to display it by pressing a key or
moving the pointing device.
Chapter 3.
Protecting Your Computer
87
Title: C79EGMST CreationDate: 02/10/98 09:24:42