Option | Description |
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Admin Password | Allows you to set, change, or delete the administrator(admin) password. The entries to set password are:
Click OK once you set the password. NOTE: For the first time login, "Enter the old password:" field is marked to "Not set". Hence, password has to be set for the first time you login and then you can change or delete the password. |
System Password | Allows you to set, change, or delete the System password. The entries to set password are:
Click OK once you set the password. NOTE: For the first time login, "Enter the old password:" field is marked to "Not set". Hence, password has to be set for the first time you login and then you can change or delete the password. |
Strong Password | Allows you to enforce the option to always set strong password.
This option is not set by default. |
Password Configuration | You can define the length of your password. Min = 4, Max = 32 |
Password Bypass | Allows you to bypass the System password and the Internal HDD password, when it is set, during a system restart. Click one of the options:
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Password Change | Allows you to change the System password when the administrator password is set.
This option is set by default. |
Non-Admin Setup Changes | Allows you to determine whether changes to the setup options are allowed when an Administrator Password is set. If disabled the setup options are locked by the admin password.
This option is not set by default. |
UEFI Capsule Firmware Updates | Allows you to update the system BIOS via UEFI capsule update packages.
This option is set by default. |
HDD Security | This options controls the mechanism used by BIOS to block external Self Encrypting Drives (SED) management software to take ownership of the SED. The options are:
Both the options are disabled by default. NOTE: This option is applicable with laptops shipped with SED |
TPM 2.0 Security | Allows you to enable or disable the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) during POST. The options are:
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Absolute® | This field lets you Enable, Disable, or Permanently Disable the BIOS module interface of the optional Absolute Persistence Module service from Absolute® Software. This option is enabled by default. |
OROM Keyboard Access | This option determines whether users are able to enter Option ROM Configuration screens via hotkey during boot. Specifically this settings is capable of preventing access to Intel® RAID(Ctrl+I) or Intel® Management Engine BIOS Extension (Ctrl+P/F12). Options are:
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Admin Setup Lockout | Allows you to prevent users from entering Setup when an administrator password is set.
This option is not set by default. |
Master Password Lockout | Allows you to disable master password support.
This option is not set by default. NOTE: Hard Disk password should be cleared before the settings can be changed. |
SMM Security Mitigation | Allows you to enable or disable additional UEFI SMM Security Mitigation protection.
This option is not set by default. |