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Enable Strong Passwords |
Allows the user to enable complex admin and system passwords:
NOTE Deleting the admin password deletes the system password (if set). The admin password can also be used to delete hard drive password. For this reason, you cannot set an admin password if a system password or hard drive password is set. Hence, an admin password has to be set first if the admin password has to be used with system password and/or hard drive password.
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Password Configuration |
Allows the user to set the maximum number of characters for Admin and System oasswords:
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Admin Password |
Allows you to configure an admin password.
NOTE Deleting the admin password deletes the system password (if set). The admin password can also be used to delete hard drive password. For this reason, you cannot set an admin password if a system password or hard drive password is set. Hence, an admin password has to be set first if the admin password has to be used with system password and/or hard drive password.
NOTE These options by default are disabled.
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Password Bypass |
Allows you to bypass the System password and the Internal hard drive password, when it is set, during a system restart. The options are:
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Password Changes |
Allows you to change the system password and hard drive password without the need of administrator password. Enable Non-Admin Password Changes - By default, this option is disabled. |
Admin Setup Lockout |
Allows the administrator to control how the user can access BIOS setup. Enable Admin Setup Lockout - By default, this option is disabled. NOTE
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Master Password Lockout |
Allows you to disable master password support. Enable Master Password Lockout - By default, this option is disabled. NOTE The Hard Disk password has to be cleared before the settings can be changed.
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