System And Setup Password; Assigning A System Setup Password - Dell Inspiron 15 5000 Service Manual

Maintenance
Data Wipe
BIOS Recovery
Table 12. System setup options—System Logs menu
System Logs
BIOS Events
Thermal Events
Power Events
Table 13. System setup options—SupportAssist System Resolution menu
SupportAssist System Resolution
Auto OS Recovery Threshold
SupportAssist OS Recovery

System and setup password

Table 14. System and setup password
Password type
System password
Setup password
You can create a system password and a setup password to secure your computer.
CAUTION: The password features provide a basic level of security for the data on your computer.
CAUTION: Anyone can access the data stored on your computer if it is not locked and left unattended.
NOTE: System and setup password feature is disabled.

Assigning a system setup password

You can assign a new System or Admin Password only when the status is in Not Set.
To enter the system setup, press F2 immediately after a power-on or re-boot.
1. In the System BIOS or System Setup screen, select Security and press Enter.
The Security screen is displayed.
2. Select System/Admin Password and create a password in the Enter the new password field.
Use the following guidelines to assign the system password:
• A password can have up to 32 characters.
• The password can contain the numbers 0 through 9.
• Only lower case letters are valid, upper case letters are not allowed.
• Only the following special characters are allowed: space, ("), (+), (,), (-), (.), (/), (;), ([), (\), (]), (`).
3. Type the system password that you entered earlier in the Confirm new password field and click OK.
4. Press Esc and a message prompts you to save the changes.
5. Press Y to save the changes.
Enable to securely erase data from all internal storage devices.
Enable the user to recover from certain corrupted BIOS conditions from a recovery
file on the user primary hard drive or an external USB key.
Display BIOS events.
Display Thermal events.
Display Power events.
Control the automatic boot flow for SupportAssist System Resolution Console and
for Dell OS Recovery tool.
Enable or disable the boot flow for SupportAssist OS Recovery tool in the even of
certain system errors.
Description
Password that you must enter to log on to your system.
Password that you must enter to access and make changes to the
BIOS settings of your computer.
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