User password, Administrator password, Setting, changing, and deleting a password – Lenovo 6088 User Manual

Page 40: Using security profile by device, User, Password, Administrator, Setting, Changing, Deleting

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v

Contain

at

least

one

alphabetic

character,

one

numeric

character,

and

one

symbol

v

Contain

at

least

one

of

the

following

symbols:

,

.

/

`

;

'

[]

v

You

can

also

use

the

space

bar

v

Setup

Utility

program

and

hard

disk

drive

passwords

are

not

case

sensitive

v

Not

be

your

name

or

your

user

name

v

Not

be

a

common

word

or

a

common

name

v

Be

significantly

different

from

your

previous

password

User

Password

When

a

User

Password

is

set,

the

computer

cannot

be

used

until

a

valid

password

is

typed

from

the

keyboard.

Administrator

Password

When

an

Administrator

Password

is

set,

it

deters

unauthorized

persons

from

changing

configuration

settings.

If

you

are

responsible

for

maintaining

the

settings

of

several

computers,

you

might

want

to

set

an

Administrator

Password.

After

you

set

an

Administrator

Password,

a

password

prompt

is

displayed

each

time

you

try

to

access

the

Setup

Utility

program.

If

both

the

user

and

administrator

passwords

are

set,

you

can

type

either

password.

However,

to

change

any

configuration

settings,

you

must

use

your

administrator

password.

Setting,

changing,

and

deleting

a

password

To

set,

change,

or

delete

a

password,

do

the

following:

Note:

A

password

can

be

any

combination

of

up

to

twelve

characters

(A-

Z,

a-z,

and

0-9).

For

more

information,

see

“Password

considerations”

on

page

31.

1.

Start

the

Setup

Utility

program

(see

Chapter

5,

“Using

the

Setup

Utility,”

on

page

31).

2.

From

the

Setup

Utility

program

menu,

select

Security

.

3.

Select

Set

Passwords

.

Read

the

information

displayed

on

the

right

side

of

the

screen.

Using

Security

Profile

by

Device

Security

Profile

by

Device

is

used

to

enable

or

disable

user

access

to

the

following

devices:

IDE

controller

When

this

feature

is

set

to

Disable

,

all

devices

connected

to

the

IDE

controller

(such

as

hard

disk

drives

or

the

CD-ROM

drive)

are

disabled

and

will

not

be

displayed

in

the

system

configuration.

Diskette

Drive

Access

When

this

feature

is

set

to

Disable

,

the

diskette

drive

cannot

be

accessed.

To

set

Security

Profile

by

Device,

do

the

following:

1.

Start

the

Setup

Utility

program

(see

“Starting

the

Setup

Utility

program”

on

page

31).

2.

From

the

Setup

Utility

program

menu,

select

Security

.

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Guide

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