Patent ID: 7302580

Claim:
A digital combined apparatus comprising an operation panel; a reader/writer which writes/reads data on/from a recording medium; a controller which controls operations of said operation panel and said reader/writer; and a memory which stores an authentic password and data for a user personal menu window customized on the basis of the past operation log of each user; wherein when said reader/writer reads out ID information of a user from the recording medium on which at least the ID information is recorded, said operation panel displays a user authentication window which prompts the user to input a password for identifying the user, said operation panel displays the user authentication window, said controller collates a password input on said operation panel in accordance with the user authentication window with the authentic password saved in said memory in advance, and if the input password is determined to be authentic, the digital combined apparatus can be operated, and said controller reads the data for the user personal menu window from the memory and displays the user personal menu window on said operation panel.