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AdministratorPassword

SettinganAdministratorPassworddetersunauthorizedpersonsfromchangingconﬁgurationsettings.Y ou

mightwanttosetanAdministratorPasswordifyouareresponsibleformaintainingthesettingsofseveral

computers.

AfteryousetanAdministratorPassword,apasswordpromptisdisplayedeverytimeyouaccesstheLenovo

BIOSSetupUtilityprogram.

IfboththeAdministratorandPower-OnPasswordareset,youcantypeeitherpassword.However,youmust

useyourAdministratorPasswordtochangeanyconﬁgurationsettings.

Setting,changing,ordeletinganAdministratorpassword

TosetanAdministratorPassword,dothefollowing:

Note:Apasswordcanbeanycombinationoflettersandnumbersupto16character(a-z,and0-9).For

moreinformation,see“Passwordconsiderations”onpage13.

1.StarttheLenovoBIOSSetupUtilityprogram(see“StartingtheLenovoBIOSSetupUtilityprogram”on

page13).

2.FromtheSecuritymenu,selectSetAdministratorPasswordandpresstheEnterkey.

3.Thepassworddialogboxwillbedisplayed.TypethepasswordthenpresstheEnterkey.

4.Re-typethepasswordtoconﬁrm,thenpresstheEnterkey.Ifyoutypethepasswordcorrectly,the

passwordwillbeinstalled.

TochangeanAdministratorPassword,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheLenovoBIOSSetupUtilityprogram(see“StartingtheLenovoBIOSSetupUtilityprogram”on

page13).

2.FromtheSecuritymenu,selectSetAdministratorPasswordandpresstheEnterkey.

3.Thepassworddialogboxwillbedisplayed.TypethecurrentpasswordthenpressEnterkey.

4.T ypethenewpassword,thenpressEnterkey.Re-typethepasswordtoconﬁrmthenewpassword,if

youtypethenewpasswordcorrectly,thenewpasswordwillbeinstalled.ASetupNoticewilldisplay

thatchangeshavebeensaved.

TodeleteapreviouslysetAdministratorPassword,dothefollowing:

1.FromtheSecuritymenu,selectSetAdministratorPasswordandpresstheEnterkey.

2.Thepassworddialogboxwillbedisplayed.TypethecurrentpasswordandpresstheEnterkey.

3.T odeleteanAdministratorPassword,Enterblankﬁeldsforeachnewpasswordlineitem.Asetup

noticewilldisplaythatchangeshavebeensaved.

4.ReturntotheLenovoBIOSSetupUtilityprogrammenuandselecttheExitoption.

5.SelectSavechangesandExitfromthemenu.

Power-OnPassword

WhenaPower-OnPasswordisset,youcannotstarttheLenovoBIOSSetupUtilityprogramuntilavalid

passwordistypedfromthekeyboard.

Setting,changing,ordeletingaPower-OnPassword

Note:Apasswordcanbeanycombinationoflettersandnumbersupto16character(a-z,and0-9).

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