HP Xw9400 HP xw9400 Workstation - Service and Technical Reference Guide - Page 57

NOTE: See the table of National keyboard delimiter characters on page 47 for information about the alternate delimiter characters. The power-on password and setup password can also be changed using the Security menu in the Computer Setup Utility. Deleting a power-on or setup password To delete a power-on or setup password: 1. Power on or restart the workstation. 2. To delete the power-on password, go to step 3. To delete the setup password, as soon as the screen illuminates, press and hold the F10 key until you enter the Computer Setup Utility. Press Enter to bypass the title screen, if necessary. NOTE: If you do not press the F10 key at the appropriate time, you must restart the computer and press and hold the F10 key again to access the utility. Use the appropriate operating system shutdown process. 3. When the key icon appears, enter your current password followed by a slash (/) or alternate delimiter character as shown: current password/. 4. Press Enter. NOTE: See the National keyboard delimiter characters on page 47 for information about the alternate delimiter characters. The power-on password and setup password can also be changed using the Security menu in the Computer Setup Utility. 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 workstation. Table 4-4 National keyboard delimiter characters 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 . French é 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 workstation. See Resetting the password jumper on page 189 for instructions on clearing passwords. ENWW Desktop management 47