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Not Enabled, System Password, Setup Password, Enabled

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5. Confirm that Not Enabled is displayed for System Password. If Not Enabled appears as the System Password setting, the system password has been deleted. If you want to assign a new password, continue to step 6. If Not Enabled is not displayed for System Password, press the key combination to reboot the system, and then repeat steps 3 through 5. 6. To assign a new password, follow the procedure in "Assigning a System Password" found earlier in this section. Your Dell system is shipped to you without the setup password feature enabled. If system security is a concern, you should operate your system with setup password protection. You can assign a setup password, as described in the next subsection, "Assigning a Setup Password," whenever you use the System Setup program. After a setup password is assigned, only those who know the password have full use of the System Setup program. To change an existing setup password, you must know the setup password (see "Deleting or Changing an Existing Setup Password" found later in this section). If you assign and later forget a setup password, you need to remove the computer cover to change a jumper setting that disables the setup password feature (see "Disabling a Forgotten Password" found later in this chapter). Note that you erase the system password at the same time. NOTE: The setup password overrides the system password. A setup password can be assigned (or changed) only when Setup Password is set to Not Enabled. To assign a setup password, highlight Setup Password and press the left- or right-arrow key. The system prompts you to enter and verify the password. If a character is illegal for password use, the system emits a beep. NOTE: The setup password can be the same as the system password. If the two passwords are different, the setup password can be used as an alternate system password. However, the system password cannot be used in place of the setup password. After you verify the password, Setup Password changes to Enabled. The next time you enter the System Setup program, the system prompts you for the setup password. A change to Setup Password becomes effective immediately (rebooting the system is not required). 4-14 Dell PowerEdge 4300 Systems User's Guide

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5.
Confirm that
Not Enabled
is displayed for
System Password
.
If
Not Enabled
appears as the
System Password
setting, the system password
has been deleted. If you want to assign a new password, continue to step 6. If
Not Enabled
is
not
displayed for
System Password
, press the <Alt><b> key
combination to reboot the system, and then repeat steps 3 through 5.
6.
To assign a new password, follow the procedure in “Assigning a System Pass-
word” found earlier in this section.
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Your Dell system is shipped to you without the setup password feature enabled. If
system security is a concern, you should operate your system with setup password
protection.
You can assign a setup password, as described in the next subsection, “Assigning a
Setup Password,” whenever you use the System Setup program. After a setup
password is assigned, only those who know the password have full use of the
System Setup program.
To change an existing setup password, you must know the setup password (see
“Deleting or Changing an Existing Setup Password” found later in this section). If you
assign and later
forget
a setup password, you need to remove the computer cover to
change a jumper setting that disables the setup password feature (see “Disabling a
Forgotten Password” found later in this chapter). Note that you erase the
system
password
at the same time.
NOTE: The setup password overrides the system password.
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A setup password can be assigned (or changed) only when
Setup Password
is set to
Not Enabled
. To assign a setup password, highlight
Setup Password
and press the
left- or right-arrow key. The system prompts you to enter and verify the password. If a
character is illegal for password use, the system emits a beep.
NOTE: The setup password can be the same as the system password. If the two
passwords are different, the setup password can be used as an alternate system
password. However, the system password cannot be used in place of the setup
password.
After you verify the password,
Setup Password
changes to
Enabled
. The next time
you enter the System Setup program, the system prompts you for the setup
password.
A change to
Setup Password
becomes effective immediately (rebooting the system
is not required).