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Guidelines for setting passwords

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Computer Setup passwords Function This password requires the optional embedded security chip to support this security feature. Windows passwords Function Administrator password* Protects access to Windows administrator-level computer contents. User password Protects access to a Windows user account. It also protects access to the computer contents and must be entered when you resume from standby or restore from hibernation. *For information about setting a Windows administrator password or a Windows user password, select Start > Help and Support. Guidelines for setting passwords You can use the same password for a Computer Setup feature and for a Windows security feature. You can also use the same password for more than one Computer Setup feature. A password set in Computer Setup ● Can be any combination of up to Computer Setup letters and numbers and is not case sensitive. ● Must be set and entered with the same keys. For example, if you set a password with keyboard number keys, your password will not be recognized if you subsequently try to enter it with the embedded numeric keypad. NOTE Select models include a separate numeric keypad, which functions exactly like the keyboard number keys. ● Must be entered at a Computer Setup prompt. A password set in Windows must be entered at a Windows prompt. Tips for creating and saving passwords: ● When creating passwords, follow requirements set by the program. ● Write down your passwords and store them in a secure place away from the computer. ● Do not store passwords in a file on the computer. ● Do not use your name or other personal information that could be easily discovered by an outsider. 4 Chapter 2 Passwords ENWW

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Computer Setup passwords
Function
This password requires the optional embedded security chip to support this
security feature.
Windows passwords
Function
Administrator password*
Protects access to Windows administrator-level computer contents.
User password
Protects access to a Windows user account. It also protects access to the
computer contents and must be entered when you resume from standby or
restore from hibernation.
*For information about setting a Windows administrator password or a Windows user password, select
Start > Help and
Support
.
Guidelines for setting passwords
You can use the same password for a Computer Setup feature and for a Windows security feature. You
can also use the same password for more than one Computer Setup feature.
A password set in Computer Setup
●
Can be any combination of up to Computer Setup letters and numbers and is not case sensitive.
●
Must be set and entered with the same keys. For example, if you set a password with keyboard
number keys, your password will not be recognized if you subsequently try to enter it with the
embedded numeric keypad.
NOTE
Select models include a separate numeric keypad, which functions exactly like the
keyboard number keys.
●
Must be entered at a Computer Setup prompt. A password set in Windows must be entered at a
Windows prompt.
Tips for creating and saving passwords:
●
When creating passwords, follow requirements set by the program.
●
Write down your passwords and store them in a secure place away from the computer.
●
Do not store passwords in a file on the computer.
●
Do not use your name or other personal information that could be easily discovered by an outsider.
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Chapter 2
Passwords
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