Using the virus protection features – Epson Epson User Manual

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Using the virus protection features

The

Diskette access

option allows you to restrict access

to your diskette drives based on the password levels you have

defined. This prevents unauthorized users from accessing the
drives and possibly introducing a virus to your system. You
can restrict diskette access only if passwords are enabled and

you have enabled the

Password on boot

option.

If you select

Supervisor

for this option (the default setting),

you can access the diskette drives only if you enter the

Supervisor password when you start your system. Users who

start the system with a User password, however, will see an

error message when they try to access the diskette drive. If you

select

User

for the

Diskette access

option, you can

access the diskette drives whether you enter the Supervisor or

User password when you start the system.

N o t e

To use passwords for diskette drive access, you must enable

the

Password on boot

option. If you select a password

level for

Diskette access,

but leave the

Password

on boot option disabled, you see an error message

whenever you try to access your diskette drive.

You can also protect your system by selecting

Write

protect

for the

Fixed disk boot sector

option.

When this option is enabled, the system displays an error
message when a program tries to write to the boot sector of

your hard disk drive. To use a program designed to write to

the boot sector (such as the Format command), you must select

Normal

(the default setting) for the

Fixed disk boot

sector

option.

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