Table 5. Security menu items
Menu item
Password
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User Guide
Submenu item
Supervisor Password
Lock UEFI BIOS Settings
Password at Unattended
Boot
Password at Restart
Password at Boot Device
List
Password Count
Exceeded Error
Set Minimum Length
Selection
Comments
• Disabled
Refer to "Supervisor password" on
page 68.
• Enabled
• Disabled
Enable or disable the function that
protects items in the ThinkPad
• Enabled
Setup program from being changed
by unauthorized users. By default,
this is set to Disabled. If you set
the supervisor password and enable
this function, no one but you can
change the items in the ThinkPad
Setup program.
• Disabled
If you select and enable Password
at unattended boot, a password
• Enabled
prompt will be displayed when
the computer is turned on, from
either a power-off or hibernation
state. If you select Disabled, no
password prompt will be displayed;
the computer goes ahead and loads
the operating system. To prevent
unauthorized access, you can set
the user authentication on the
operating system.
• Disabled
If you select and enable Password
at restart, a password prompt will
• Enabled
be displayed when you restart the
computer. If you select Disabled, no
password prompt will be displayed;
the computer goes ahead and loads
the operating system. To prevent
unauthorized access, you can set
the user authentication on the
operating system.
• Disabled
If the Security password is set, this
option is used to specify whether the
• Enabled
Security password must be entered
to display the F12 boot device list.
Select Enabled to prompt for the
Security password. Select Disabled
to proceed without any user action
required.
• Disabled
Select Enabled to show the POST
0199 error and prompt for the
• Enabled
Security password. Select Disabled
to hide the POST 0199 error and
proceed without any user action
needed.
• Disabled
Specify a minimum length for
power-on password and hard disk
• x characters
passwords. If you set the supervisor
(4≤x≤12)
password and specify a minimum
length for passwords, no one but
you can change the length.