Compaq dx7500 Service Reference Guide: HP Compaq dx7500 Business PC - Page 43

NOTE: Type carefully; for security reasons, the characters you type do not appear on the screen. 4. Press Enter. The new password takes effect the next time you turn on the computer. Deleting a Supervisor or User Password If the system is equipped with an embedded security device, refer to the HP ProtectTools Security Manager Guide at http://www.hp.com. 1. Turn on or restart the computer. If you are in Windows, click Start > Shut Down > Restart the Computer. 2. To delete the Supervisor or User Password, go to step 3. To delete the Supervisor password, as soon as the computer is turned on, press F10 before the computer boots to the operating system to enter Computer Setup. NOTE: If you do not press F10 at the appropriate time, you must restart the computer and again press F10 before the computer boots to the operating system to access the utility. 3. Select the Advanced menu, select Change supervisor password or Change user password, and then press Enter twice to disable the password. 4. Press Enter. National Keyboard Delimiter Characters Each keyboard is designed to meet country-specific requirements. The syntax and keys that you use to change or delete the password depend on the keyboard that came with the computer. National Keyboard Delimiter Characters / Arabic = Belgian - Greek . Hebrew / Russian - Slovakian - BHCMSS* / Brazilian / Chinese - Czech - Danish ! French é French Canadian - Hungarian - Italian / Japanese / Korean - Latin American - Norwegian - Polish - Spanish / Swedish/Finnish - Swiss / Taiwanese / Thai . Turkish / U.S. English - German - Portuguese * For Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia Clearing Passwords If you forget the password, you cannot access the computer. Refer to the Troubleshooting Guide for instructions on clearing passwords. Asset Tracking and Security 33