BIOS/CMOS: Security Passwords

On some systems, either the supervisor or user passwords allow access to the BIOS setup program. In this instance the purpose of two passwords may be to allow a single password to be set up for an administrator, which will work for multiple machines while the user password is individual for individual machine.

clipped from www.proprofs.com This setting enables you to set security passwords to control access to the system at boot time and/or when entering the BIOS setup program. Some of the systems have a single password while the newer ones have two - a supervisor and a user password. Supervisor Password This option is to set the supervisor password. This is the higher level password of the two normally present on the system. On most systems, when the supervisor password has been set, it must be entered in order to access the BIOS setup program, or to change the user password. User Password This option is to set the user password. The user password is the lower level password of the two, normally present on the system. This usually allows the system to be booted, but does not allow access to the BIOS setup program. The supervisor password must be used to enter the BIOS setup program.