BIOS Settings - Security / Password Settings



This section lets you set security passwords to control access 
to the system at boot time and/or when entering the BIOS setup 
program. Some systems have a single password, while many newer 
ones now have two: a supervisor and a user password.

	Warning: If you set a password on your system, make 
sure you write it down in at least two places. If you lose the 
password you will be locked out of your own system, and then 
you will have to resort to techniques like these . :^) For most 
users, a password is unnecessary. In a shared office 
environment, it can be very helpful however, to control access 
to the PC.


Supervisor Password

Select this option to set the supervisor password. The 
supervisor password is the higher level password of the two 
normally present on the system. On most systems, when the 
supervisor password has been set, it must be entered in order to 
access the BIOS setup program, or to change the user password.


User Password

Select this option to set the user password. The user password is 
the lower level password of the two normally present on the 
system. The user password usually allows the system to be booted, 
but does not allow access to the BIOS setup program. The 
supervisor password must be used to enter the BIOS setup program.

	Note: On some systems, either the supervisor or user 
passwords will allow access to the BIOS setup program. In this 
case the existence of two passwords may be to allow a single 
password to be set up for an administrator, which will work for 
multiple machines, while the user password is individual for 
each machine.
