User Password; Administrator Password; Setting, Changing, And Deleting A Password; Using Security Profile By Device - Lenovo 9126 User Manual
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v Contain at least one alphabetic character, one numeric character, and one symbol
v Contain at least one of the following symbols: , . / ` ; ' []
v You can also use the space bar
v Setup Utility program and hard disk drive passwords are not case sensitive
v Not be your name or your user name
v Not be a common word or a common name
v Be significantly different from your previous password
User Password
When a User Password is set, the computer cannot be used until a valid password
is typed from the keyboard.
Administrator Password
When an Administrator Password is set, it deters unauthorized persons from
changing configuration settings. If you are responsible for maintaining the settings
of several computers, you might want to set an Administrator Password.
After you set an Administrator Password, a password prompt is displayed each
time you try to access the Setup Utility program.
If both the user and administrator passwords are set, you can type either
password. However, to change any configuration settings, you must use your
administrator password.
Setting, changing, and deleting a password
To set, change, or delete a password, do the following:
Note: A password can be any combination of up to twelve characters (A- Z, a-z,
1. Start the Setup Utility program (see Chapter 5, "Using the Setup Utility," on
2. From the Setup Utility program menu, select Security.
3. Select Set Passwords. Read the information displayed on the right side of the
Using Security Profile by Device
Security Profile by Device is used to enable or disable user access to the following
devices:
IDE controller
Diskette Drive Access
To set Security Profile by Device, do the following:
1. Start the Setup Utility program (see "Starting the Setup Utility program" on
2. From the Setup Utility program menu, select Security.
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and 0-9). For more information, see "Password considerations" on page 19.
page 19).
screen.
When this feature is set to Disable, all devices connected to the
IDE controller (such as hard disk drives or the CD-ROM drive)
are disabled and will not be displayed in the system
configuration.
When this feature is set to Disable, the diskette drive cannot be
accessed.
page 19).
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