Changing Your Password

Enable you to change the active password. The default is no password.

Remember your password!!! Write it down somewhere!!! Ask yourself: Do I really need to set a password to access my system and/or the BIOS? (is your brother / sister / kid / employee / colleague that dangerous?) If security is of some minor concern to you, disabled recommended. Why not only password protect (or encrypt) some critical files (personal finances - things the IRS should not see, juicy love letters, pornographic images (the thing that Internet is most used for), customer information databases, etc...)? If you lose your password, you will have to erase your CMOS memory (see the FAQ). Some systems allow you to choose when the password is needed to change the CMOS settings, to boot the machine, etc.