System security – Acer Altos R300 User Manual

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System Security

The System Security menu allows you to safeguard and protect the
system from unauthorized use by setting up access passwords.

The screen below appears when you select System Security from the
main menu:

Parameter

Description

Option

Administrator
Password

Prevents unauthorized access to the
BIOS Setup utility. The Present setting
allows you to set an Administrator
password.

None

Present

User Password

Secures your system against
unauthorized use. User password is
available only when a Administrator
password is set. The Present settings
allows you to set a User password.

None

Present

Password on
Boot

Select Enabled to activate security
check during POST.

Disabled

Enabled

Disk Drive
Controller

The disk drive control feature enables
or disables the read/write functions of
the disk drives. This parameter can
also control the diskette drive boot
function to prevent loading
operating systems or other programs
from a certain drive while the other
drives remain operational.

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