[Thinkpad] Re: Passwords

From: Michael Warmuth <michael_at_warmuth.at>
Date: Thu Oct 02 2003 - 02:15:03 EDT

Michael Geary wrote:
>>From: richard
>>
>>How can I set up my 570 so it asks for a password when I resume from
>>hibernation or standby?
>
> It's a function of your operating system. In Windows, look in the Power
[...]

This is not correct. While some operating systems (eg. Windows) have
this feature others do not. On my Thinkpads (380D, T30) running OS/2
this is done by the machine BIOS. It asks for the user/hd password after
each wake-up before the operating system is recovered.

Greetings
Michael

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