Panasonic CF-48 Series Reference Manual

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12Security MeasuresTo prevent unauthorized access of your computer, the various security measures are provided below.You should set your “Supervisor Password” and “User Password” (The User Passwordcan only be set when the Supervisor Password has been set).Without the password, access to your computer is impossible.Starting up when the password is set(When [Password on boot] of the [Security] menu is set to [Enable].)Upon entering your password and pressing Enter .When you do not want your computer to be used without permissionOver three incorrect attempts,If the correct password is input, Will StartWill Not Start*(Power off)If entering the Setup Utility with Supervisor PasswordYou can register all items of the Setup Utility ( page 46).If entering the Setup Utility with User PasswordYou can not register [Advanced] menu and some items in [Security] menu.When [User Password Protection] has been set to [Protected], you can not regis-ter the User Password.F9 does not work.* If after three attempts the correct password is not input, or if no pass-word is entered for about a minute, the computer returns to the conditionjust before the attempt was made to start up the computer.ReferenceSituationYou do not want your computer to be used without permissionYou do not want the data on the hard disk to be read, or data tobe written to the hard disk, in cases including theft.You want to prevent theft or damage to data by using a floppydiskYou want to prevent theft of your computerFunction to useSupervisor PasswordUser PasswordHard Disk LockPrevent operation byusing a floppy diskUse security lockbelowpage 15page 16“Names and Func-tions of Parts”When [Password on boot] in the Setup Utility is set to [Disable], the password is notnecessary when the computer is started up, but the password becomes necessarywhen the Setup Utility is started up. This alternative makes it possible to prevent thecontents of the Setup Utility from being changed.NOTE