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      10th Aug 2003
What is the different between "Supervisor" and "User" passwords in an
Award's Bios.

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      10th Aug 2003
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> 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.

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      10th Aug 2003

Supervisor has unrestricted access to the BIOS. User can't change most settings.

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      11th Aug 2003
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 ...

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