Lenovo 3000 Y410 User Manual

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Getting Started

Lenovo 3000 Y410 User Guide

Using Passwords

Using passwords helps prevent your computer from being used by others.
Once you set a password and enable it, a prompt appears on the screen each
time you power on the computer. Enter your password at the prompt. You
cannot use the computer unless you type the correct password.

Make sure that only authorized individuals access your computer.
Establishing different kinds of passwords requires that other possible users
know the proper passwords in order to access your computer or your data.

As many as three passwords might be needed for your computer: the
Supervisor password, the User Password, and the hard-disk drive (HDD)
password. When the Supervisor password is set, only the Supervisor
password entitles you full control of the computer.

• User password

If a user password is set and Password on boot is enabled, a password
prompt appears when you turn on the computer. Unauthorized users
cannot get access to configuration data.
You can also use the user password to enter the BIOS Setup Utility, but
once the Supervisor password is set only a part of the options can be set.

• Supervisor password

With a Supervisor password, you can get full control of the computer. It
also can be used as a power-on password, the same as the User
password. Also, when you enter the BIOS Setup Utility with a
Supervisor password, you are entitled to set all of the options.

• Hard disk (HDD) passwords

Once an HDD password is set, you need to enter it to get access to the
hard disk. You can set the HDD password through either the User Only
selection or the User + Master selection in the BIOS Setup Utility.

Note:

If you set passwords through the BIOS Setup Utility and you put

your computer into sleep mode by pressing Fn + F1, the following
describes the behavior of the computer when you bring it out of
sleep mode:

• You are prompted to type the Windows log-on password rather

than the User password to resume operation.

• If an HDD password is assigned to any hard disk drive, the hard

disk drive is unlocked automatically when you resume operation.

To set a User Password:

Turn on your computer. Press F2, while the initial screen is displayed.
The BIOS Setup Utility screen opens.

Select Security, using the cursor directional keys.

Select Set User Password, and press the Enter key. The Set User
Password window opens.

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