Asus F74 - Manual (Page 45)

45 Notebook PC User’s Manual
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. BIOS Software
Security Menu (Cont’)
The Notebook PC’s advanced system of security allows you to set a password to prevent unauthorized access to system
resources, data, and the BIOS Setup Program. This Section covers each parameter of the Security Setup. Selecting
Security from the menu bar displays the following menu:
A Note about Passwords
The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify passwords in the Security menu. The passwords control access to the
BIOS and certain Security menu options during system startup. The passwords are not case sensitive. In other words, it
makes no difference whether you enter a password using upper or lowercase letters.
The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify two separate passwords: a Supervisor password and a User password.
When disabled, anyone may access all BIOS Setup program functions. When enabled, the Supervisor password is
required for entering the BIOS Setup program and having full access to all Security menu options.
Set Password
This field allows you to set the User password. To set the User password, highlight this field and press [Enter].
Type the password and press [Enter]. You can type up to eight alphanumeric characters. Symbols and other keys are
ignored. To confirm the password, type the password again and press the [Enter]. The User password is now set. This
password allows full access to the BIOS Setup menus.
To clear the password, highlight this field and press [Enter]. The same dialog box as above will appear. Press [Enter]
twice. The password is now cleared.
Password checking
This option requires prior setting of the User password to function. When enabled, the system will then require the User
password before the system can bootup. When set to Always, the system will then require either the User password
before allowing access to the system when resuming from Save to Disk. Furthermore, booting from a diskette or CD-
ROM will be disabled. The options for this field are:
[Disabled] [On Boot] [Always]
“On Boot” asks for a password when you enter BIOS setup and when booting from CD, floppy, or hard disk drive.
“Always” asks for a password during the “On Boot” items plus when resuming from Save-to-Memory and Save-to-
Disk.