Acer Altos G530 Series - Manual (Page 121)

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Setting the Administrator/User password:
1 Use the up/down keys to highlight a password parameter
(Administrator Password or User Password) then press Enter.
A password box will appear.
2 Type a password then press Enter.
The password may consist of up to six alphanumeric characters
(A-Z, a-z, 0-9).
3 Retype the password to verify the first entry then press Enter
again.
After setting the password, the system automatically sets the
chosen password parameter to Installed.
User Access
Level When set to Full Access, allows access to
any field in the BIOS setup utility.
When set to No Access, user is not
allowed to access the BIOS setup utility.
When set to View Only, allows access to
the BIOS setup utility but fields cannot
be changed.
When set to Limited, allows access to
Date and Time in the BIOS setup utility.
Full Access
No Access
View Only
Limited
Clear User
Password Clears the User password.
Note: This parameter is grayed out
when the Administrator password is not
set.
Fixed Disk
Boot Sector
Protect Enable or disables Boot Sector Virus
Protection. Disabled
Enabled
Password On
Boot Select Enabled to activate security check
during POST. Disabled
Enabled
NMI Control Enables or disables NMI control. Disabled
Enabled
Parameter Description Option