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Changing or Deleting a Power-On or Setup Password, Password Delimiters

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Changing or Deleting a Power-On or Setup Password An established power-on password or setup password can be changed only at the password prompt window. The password prompt window for an established power-on password appears on the screen when the computer is turned on. The password prompt window for an established setup password appears on the screen when F10 is pressed to access Compaq Utilities. s To change a password, type the old password once and then type the new password twice. Separate each password with the password delimiter for your keyboard. For example, if you are using a United Kingdom keyboard, type oldpassword/newpassword/newpassword Then press Enter. The password is changed. s To delete a password, type the current password followed by the delimiter for your keyboard. For example, if you are using a Belgian keyboard, type currentpassword= Then press Enter. The password is deleted. Keyboards vary by language. Password delimiters vary by keyboard. The following table shows the password delimiter to use with your keyboard. Password Delimiters Country Keyboard Symbol Belgian = Danish, German, Italian, Latin American, - Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish/Finnish, Swiss, Taiwanese French ! French/Canadian é Japanese, Korean, United Kingdom, United States / Securing the Computer 13-7

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Securing the Computer
13-7
Changing or Deleting a Power-On or Setup Password
An established power-on password or setup password can be
changed only at the password prompt window.
The password prompt window for an established power-on
password appears on the screen when the computer is turned on.
The password prompt window for an established setup
password appears on the screen when
F10
is pressed to access
Compaq Utilities.
■
To change a password,
type the old password once and then
type the new password twice. Separate each password with the
password delimiter for your keyboard. For example, if you are
using a United Kingdom keyboard, type
oldpassword/newpassword/newpassword
Then press
Enter
. The password is changed.
■
To delete a password,
type the current password followed by
the delimiter for your keyboard. For example, if you are using
a Belgian keyboard, type
currentpassword=
Then press
Enter
. The password is deleted.
Keyboards vary by language. Password delimiters vary by
keyboard. The following table shows the password delimiter to
use with your keyboard.
Password Delimiters
Country Keyboard
Symbol
Belgian
=
Danish, German, Italian, Latin American,
Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish,
Swedish/Finnish, Swiss, Taiwanese
-
French
!
French/Canadian
é
Japanese, Korean, United Kingdom, United States
/