HP Deskpro /M Desktop PC 486/33M Deskpro Personal Computers Service Reference - Page 27

Deleting a Power-On Password, National Keyboard Delimiter Characters, Clearing Passwords

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Deleting a Power-On Password 1. Turn on or restart the computer. If you are in Windows, click Start Æ Shut Down Æ Restart the Computer. To delete the setup password, run Computer Setup. 2. When the key icon appears, type your current password followed by a slash (/) or alternate delimiter character as shown: current password/ ✎ Refer to the "National Keyboard Delimiter Characters" section in this chapter for information about alternate delimiter characters. National Keyboard Delimiter Characters Each keyboard is designed to meet country-specific requirements. The syntax and keys that you use for changing or deleting your password depend on the keyboard that came with your computer. / Arabic - Greek = Belgian . Hebrew - BHCSY* - Hungarian / Brazilian - Italian / Chinese / Japanese - Czech / Korean - Danish - Latin American ! French - Norwegian é French Canadian - Polish - German - Portuguese *For Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, and Yugoslavia / Russian - Slovakian - Spanish / Swedish/Finnish - Swiss / Taiwanese / Thai . Turkish / U.K. English / U.S. English Clearing Passwords If you forget your password you cannot access the computer. Refer to the "Connectors, Jumpers, and Switches" chapter in the product-specific MSG for instructions on clearing passwords. Deskpro Service Reference Guide 3-5

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Deskpro Service Reference Guide
3-5
Deleting a Power-On Password
1.
Turn on or restart the computer. If you are in Windows, click Start
Æ
Shut Down
Æ
Restart the
Computer. To delete the setup password, run Computer Setup.
2.
When the key icon appears, type your current password followed by a slash (/) or alternate
delimiter character as shown:
current password/
Refer to the “National Keyboard Delimiter Characters” section in this chapter for
information about alternate delimiter characters.
National Keyboard Delimiter Characters
Each keyboard is designed to meet country-specific requirements. The syntax and keys that you
use for changing or deleting your password depend on the keyboard that came with your
computer.
/
Arabic
-
Greek
/
Russian
=
Belgian
.
Hebrew
-
Slovakian
-
BHCSY*
-
Hungarian
-
Spanish
/
Brazilian
-
Italian
/
Swedish/Finnish
/
Chinese
/
Japanese
-
Swiss
-
Czech
/
Korean
/
Taiwanese
-
Danish
-
Latin American
/
Thai
!
French
-
Norwegian
.
Turkish
é
French Canadian
-
Polish
/
U.K. English
-
German
-
Portuguese
/
U.S. English
*
For Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, and Yugoslavia
Clearing Passwords
If you forget your password you cannot access the computer. Refer to the “Connectors, Jumpers,
and Switches” chapter in the product-specific MSG for instructions on clearing passwords.