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BIOS - Supervisor & User password.
What is the different between "Supervisor" and "User" passwords in an
Award's Bios. -- WebWalker PGP Key ID : 0xB3F1A279 |
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"WebWalker" wrote in message
What is the different between "Supervisor" and "User" passwords in an Award's Bios. Supervisor password restricts who can get into the BIOS setup screens. User password restricts who can continue the bootup process after the BIOS has loaded its bootstrap loader (and before any operating system gets loaded). One controls access to the BIOS setup, the other controls the bootup. If you have multiple users on a machine and you want to be the only administrator of it, then you might want to set the Supervisor password so other users cannot modify the BIOS settings. If you are concerned about users walking up with a bootable floppy or bootable CD to have the machine boot using their disk instead of the one on the hard drive (thus circumventing the security in that operating system and getting hold of all the hardware), set the User password. Since these are in the BIOS, tis easy enough to open the case and short the 2-pin header to clear the CMOS tables and reset back to the BIOS factory defaults. So you might consider putting a lock on the case so it cannot be opened. -- __________________________________________________ __________ ** Share with others. Post replies in the newsgroup. ** If present, remove all "-nix" from my email address. __________________________________________________ __________ |
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Supervisor has unrestricted access to the BIOS. User can't change most settings. WebWalker wrote: What is the different between "Supervisor" and "User" passwords in an Award's Bios. -- WebWalker PGP Key ID : 0xB3F1A279 -- Mike Walsh West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A. |
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I do understand what you are saying but somehow I have try to set up a
Supervisor passwords and I'm actually having the option to protect my Bios Setup screen or the Continuing Booting up process. The same apply to the User passwords setting as well which I am also having the same option. So I really can't tell the different between the both ... -- WebWalker PGP Key ID : 0xB3F1A279 |
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