NEC Corporation FC-N22A Manuel D’Utilisation
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4.5 SECURITY MENU
The N22A can limit the BIOS Setup Menu users by setting a supervisor password and user
password, and prevent unauthorized use of the hard disk drive with other than the main unit by
setting a hard disk password.
4.5.1 Security
(1) Supervisor Password
This option indicates whether a supervisor password is set or not.
Option
Parameter
Description
Supervisor Password is
(View only)
“Set” appears when a supervisor password is set.
“Clear” appears when a supervisor password is not
set.
“Clear” appears when a supervisor password is not
set.
(2) User Password
This option indicates whether a user password is set or not.
For the option and description on a user password, see
“(1) Supervisor Password” above.
(3) Set Supervisor Password
This option allows you to set a supervisor password. If a supervisor password is set,
accessing to the BIOS SETUP Utility is limited.
accessing to the BIOS SETUP Utility is limited.
<Supervisor password setting procedure>
1. Select [Set Supervisor Password] and press Enter. The setting dialog box appears.
2. Enter a new password in field [Enter New Supervisor Password] and press Enter.
3. Enter the same password in field [Confirm New Supervisor Password] for confirmation and press Enter.
4. When message “Changes have been saved.” appears, press Enter.
1. Select [Set Supervisor Password] and press Enter. The setting dialog box appears.
2. Enter a new password in field [Enter New Supervisor Password] and press Enter.
3. Enter the same password in field [Confirm New Supervisor Password] for confirmation and press Enter.
4. When message “Changes have been saved.” appears, press Enter.
The value in field [Supervisor Password is] is changed to [Set].
To change a password already set, enter the current password in field [Enter Current
Password] for confirmation, press Enter and then enter a desired password in the same way
as setting a new password.
as setting a new password.
A password can only consist of up to eight alphanumeric characters and is not case-sensitive.
If you press Enter without entering anything in the new supervisor password field, both the
supervisor and user passwords are cancelled.
To cancel the user password only, cancel the supervisor password once and then set the
supervisor password only.
Re-setup of N22A cannot cancel the passwords.
Forgetting a password, you cannot cancel the password.
Accordingly, if a password is set, manage it carefully.
Accordingly, if a password is set, manage it carefully.