X61 BIOS Settings - Help

I have recently purchased a second hand Lenovo X61 ThinkPad, the person who sold it to me has reinstalled windows from the recovery DVDs.
The laptop boots Windows no problem, but I have noticed that the following BIOS security settings are on:
‘Using PassPhrase’ – Enabled
‘BIOS Password At Unattended Boot’ – Enabled
‘Password Reset Service’ – In Progress
Not having the X61 BIOS user guide /laptop user guide (I cannot find this on Lenovo’s site) I’m not sure if these settings are normal or not?
If anyone can provide some further information I would be most grateful.
One extra piece of information (not sure if it makes any difference), the laptop is also fitted with a fingerprint reader.
Many thanks
Sparkey

Thanks, but please can you explain what these enabled /pending security settings do, or point me in the direction of a downloadable user manual (I have the hardware service manual from Lenovo's site) for the X61?
The ‘password at unattended boot’ setting worries me, as the BIOS help information implies that a password will be required when the computer returns from hibernation mode?
Sparkey

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