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To enable the screen saver mode with no password protection, To log in to your console

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Chapter 3: Basic Operations 31 To set or change the password: 1. Single-click and press Enter or double-click in the New text box. 2. Type the new password in the New text box and press Enter. Passwords may be up to 12 characters long and are case sensitive. Legal characters are: A-Z, a-z, Ø-9, space and hyphen. The password must contain both alpha and numeric characters. 3. In the Repeat box, type the password again and press Enter. 4. Click OK to change your password, and then close the dialog box. To password protect your console: 1. Set your password as described in the previous procedure. 2. Select Enable Screen Saver. 3. Type the number of minutes for Inactivity Time (from 1 to 99) to delay activation of password protection and the screen saver feature. 4. For Mode, select Energy if your monitor is ENERGY STAR compliant; otherwise select Screen. ATTENTION: Monitor damage can result from the use of Energy mode with monitors not compliant with ENERGYSTAR. 5. (Optional) Click Test to activate the screen saver test which lasts 10 seconds then returns you to the Security dialog box. 6. Click OK. To log in to your console: 1. Press any key or move the mouse. 2. The Password dialog box appears. Type your password and then click OK. 3. The Main dialog box appears if the password was entered properly. To remove password protection from your console: 1. From the Main dialog box, click Setup - Security; the Password dialog box appears. Type your password, then click OK. 2. In the Security dialog box, single-click and press Enter or double-click in the New box. Leave the box blank. Press Enter. 3. Single-click and press Enter or double-click in the Repeat box. Leave the box blank. Press Enter. 4. Click OK to eliminate your password. To enable the screen saver mode with no password protection: 1. If your console does not require a password to gain access to the Security dialog box, go to step 2.

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Chapter 3: Basic Operations
31
To set or change the password:
1.
Single-click and press
Enter
or double-click in the New text box.
2.
Type the new password in the New text box and press
Enter
.
Passwords may be up to 12 characters long and are case sensitive. Legal
characters are: A-Z, a-z, Ø-9, space and hyphen. The password must
contain both alpha and numeric characters.
3.
In the Repeat box, type the password again and press
Enter
.
4.
Click
OK
to change your password, and then close the dialog box.
To password protect your console:
1.
Set your password as described in the previous procedure.
2.
Select
Enable Screen Saver.
3.
Type the number of minutes for Inactivity Time (from 1 to 99) to delay
activation of password protection and the screen saver feature.
4.
For Mode, select
Energy
if your monitor is E
NERGY
S
TAR
compliant;
otherwise select
Screen
.
ATTENTION:
Monitor damage can result from the use of Energy mode with monitors not
compliant with E
NERGY
S
TAR
.
5.
(Optional) Click
Test
to activate the screen saver test which lasts 10
seconds then returns you to the Security dialog box.
6.
Click
OK
.
To log in to your console:
1.
Press any key or move the mouse.
2.
The Password dialog box appears. Type your password and then click
OK
.
3.
The Main dialog box appears if the password was entered properly.
To remove password protection from your console:
1.
From the Main dialog box, click
Setup
-
Security
; the Password dialog box
appears. Type your password, then click
OK
.
2.
In the Security dialog box, single-click and press
Enter
or double-click in
the New box. Leave the box blank. Press
Enter
.
3.
Single-click and press
Enter
or double-click in the Repeat box. Leave the
box blank. Press
Enter
.
4.
Click
OK
to eliminate your password.
To enable the screen saver mode with no password protection:
1.
If your console does not require a password to gain access to the Security
dialog box, go to step 2.