System security – Acer Altos G500 User Manual

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4 BIOS Setup utility

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System Security

The Setup program has a number of security features to prevent
unauthorized access to the system and its data.

The following screen appears if you select System Security from the

main menu:

Parameter

Description

Option

Supervisor
Password

Prevents unauthorized access to
the BIOS utility. The Present
setting allows you to set a
Supervisor password.

None
Present

User Password

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.
The Present settings allows you to
set a User password.

None
Present

Password on
Boot

User is required to enter User
password during boot up.

Disabled

Enabled

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