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Special key handling

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Special key handling ● Chinese, Slovakian, Canadian French and Czech When a user selects one of the preceding keyboard layouts and then enters a password (for example, abcdef), the same password must be entered while pressing the shift key for lower case and the shift key and caps lock key for upper case in BIOS Preboot Security and HP Drive Encryption. Numeric passwords must be entered using the numeric keypad. ● Korean When a user selects a supported Korean keyboard layout and then enters a password, the same password must be entered while pressing the right alt key for lower case and the right alt key and caps lock key for upper case in BIOS Preboot Security and HP Drive Encryption. ● Unsupported characters are listed in the following table: Language Arabic Canadian French Spanish US international Windows BIOS Drive Encryption The and ‫ لا‬keys generate two characters. The and ‫ لا‬keys generate one character. The and ‫ لا‬keys generate one character. ç, è, à, and é with caps lock and é with caps lock and é with caps lock are and É in are and é in the are and é in HP Windows. BIOS Preboot Security. Drive Encryption. 40a is not supported. It n/a n/a nevertheless works because the software converts it to c0a. However, because of subtle differences between the keyboard layouts, it is recommended that Spanish-speaking users change their Windows keyboard layout to 1040a (Spanish Variation) or 080a (Latin American). ◦ The and × n/a n/a keys on the top row are rejected. ◦ The å, ®, and Þ keys on the second row are rejected. ◦ The á, ð, and ø keys on the third row are rejected. ◦ The æ key on the bottom row is rejected. Special key handling 111

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Special key handling
Chinese, Slovakian, Canadian French and Czech
When a user selects one of the preceding keyboard layouts and then enters a password (for
example, abcdef), the same password must be entered while pressing the
shift
key for lower
case and the
shift
key and
caps lock
key for upper case in BIOS Preboot Security and HP Drive
Encryption. Numeric passwords must be entered using the numeric keypad.
Korean
When a user selects a supported Korean keyboard layout and then enters a password, the same
password must be entered while pressing the right
alt
key for lower case and the right
alt
key
and
caps lock
key for upper case in BIOS Preboot Security and HP Drive Encryption.
Unsupported characters are listed in the following table:
Language
Windows
BIOS
Drive Encryption
Arabic
The
°
,
±
, and
²
keys
generate two characters.
The
°
,
±
, and
²
keys
generate one character.
The
°
,
±
, and
²
keys
generate one character.
Canadian French
ç, è, à, and é with
caps lock
are Ç, È, À, and É in
Windows.
ç, è, à, and é with
caps lock
are ç, è, à, and é in the
BIOS Preboot Security.
ç, è, à, and é with
caps lock
are ç, è, à, and é in HP
Drive Encryption.
Spanish
40a is not supported. It
nevertheless works
because the software
converts it to c0a. However,
because of subtle
differences between the
keyboard layouts, it is
recommended that
Spanish-speaking users
change their Windows
keyboard layout to 1040a
(Spanish Variation) or 080a
(Latin American).
n/a
n/a
US international
The ¡, ¤, ‘, ’, ¥, and ×
keys on the top row
are rejected.
The å, ®, and Þ keys
on the second row are
rejected.
The á, ð, and ø keys
on the third row are
rejected.
The æ key on the
bottom row is rejected.
n/a
n/a
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