BIOS Password

 

About Setting A Password
In Your System BIOS

A password can be set in your BIOS making the correct password entry required before the computer operating system is booted.

Note: You may prefer to check with your computer makers Website to look for editing your systems BIOS and setting a security setting in the BIOS (Acronym for basic input/output system) Read More Here

These are the steps:

1. As soon as you start your computer, look for the keyboard key that your system uses to enter “Setup”.

• Note: This procedure varies between different computer makers, so if you don't see the key you need to press to “Enter Setup”, check with your computer makers website or Email Me with the make/model information about computer.

2. When in the BIOS screen, go to the security section (read the note about navigating within the BIOS)

3. In the security section there are two options for setting passwords

• Administrator Password - you cannot delete this password in the BIOS without knowing the password (only for advanced users)

• User Password - you can delete this password from BIOS even if you don't know the password

 

To set an administration password

• Write the password in the space provided

• Confirm it

• Save and exit

 

To set a user password

• Give the old password if it has already been enabled

  • or
• Write the new password in the space provided
• Confirm it
• Save and exit

Now, no one can start your computer without entering the correct the password

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