Using the BIOS Setup Utility 3-9Password ProtectionYour NEC Versa supports a password for system security on several levels. Keep inmind that you must set the supervisor password before the BIOS Setup utility allowsyou to set a user password.Once you set a supervisor password, you must enter it before you can enter BIOSSetup, access the system at startup, or resume from Suspend or Save-to-File, dependingon your configuration selection.Establishing PasswordsTo establish password protection for entering the BIOS Setup utility or accessing thesystem at startup, you must set the supervisor password before setting a user password.! To enter a password simply select Assign Supervisor Password, enter the password,re-enter the password to confirm, and press any key to continue. Repeat theprocedure to set the user password.! To initiate password protection while you step away from your system, simply pressCtrl, Alt, Backspace or Suspend/Save-to-File the system. The Caps lock and Scrolllock LEDs alternately flash indicating that you must enter a password to resumeoperation.In Windows 98, the supervisor and user passwords are only valid when resuming fromSave-to-File. To establish password protection for resuming from Standby orHibernation modes you must do the following:! Set a Windows password in Control Panel, Password Properties, ChangePasswords.! Enable the option “Prompt for password when the computer goes off standby,” inControl Panel, Power Management Properties, Advanced.Hard Disk Drive PasswordsYour NEC Versa allows you to establish password protection for the internal hard diskdrive. Hard disk drive (HDD) password protection restricts access to the drive, only ifthe drive is removed from your NEC Versa and installed in another system. You are notprompted to enter your hard disk drive passwords while the drive remains in yourcurrent system.The HDD passwords are written to the system BIOS and to the hard disk drive toensure that the password protection travels with the drive when moved from system tosystem.
