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Socket Mobile RT786 RT786EX User Manual

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BIOS Setup

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Security Menu Selections

Feature

Options

Description

Set User Password

Up to seven
alphanumeric
characters

Pressing displays the
dialog box for entering the user
password. In related systems, this
password gives restricted access to
SETUP menus.

Set Supervisor
Password

Up to seven
alphanumeric
characters

Pressing displays dialog
box for entering the supervisor
password. In related systems, this
password gives full access to
Setup menus.

Password on boot

Enabled Disabled Enabled requires a password on

boot. Requires prior setting of the
Supervisor password.

If supervisor password is set and
this option disabled, BIOS
assumes user is booting.

Diskette Access

User / Supervisor Control access to diskette drives

Fixed disk boot sector Normal Write

Protect

Write protects the boot sector on
the hard disk for virus protection.
Requires a password to format or
FDISK the hard disk.

Set Primary Disk
Password

Up to seven
alphanumeric
characters

Primary Master Disk

Status

N/A

Tell current Primary HDD
status about password in
Set/Clean/Frozen condition.