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Deleting Or Changing An Existing System And/Or Setup Password, Operating With A Setup Password Enabled

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NOTE: You can use the Password Status option in conjunction with the System Password and Setup Password options to protect your system from unauthorized changes. Deleting Or Changing An Existing System And/Or Setup Password Ensure that the Password jumper is set to enabled and the Password Status is Unlocked before attempting to delete or change the existing System and/or Setup password. You cannot delete or change an existing System or Setup password if the Password Status is Locked. To delete or change the existing System and/or Setup password: 1. To enter System Setup, press immediately after a power-on or reboot. 2. In the System Setup Main Menu, select System BIOS and press . The System BIOS screen is displayed. 3. In the System BIOS Screen, select System Security and press . The System Security screen is displayed. 4. In the System Security screen, verify that Password Status is Unlocked. 5. Select System Password, alter or delete the existing system password and press or . 6. Select Setup Password, alter or delete the existing setup password and press or . NOTE: If you change the System and/or Setup password a message prompts you to re-enter the new password. If you delete the System and/or Setup password, a message prompts you to confirm the deletion. 7. Press to save the changes. NOTE: You can disable password security while logging on to the system. To disable the password security, turn on or reboot your system, type your password and press . Operating With A Setup Password Enabled If Setup Password is Enabled, enter the correct setup password before modifying most of the System Setup options. If you do not enter the correct password in three attempts, the system displays the message Incorrect Password! Number of unsuccessful password attempts: System Halted! Must power down. Even after you shut down and restart the system, the error message is displayed until the correct password is entered. The following options are exceptions: • If System Password is not Enabled and is not locked through the Password Status option, you can assign a system password. • You cannot disable or change an existing system password. NOTE: You can use the Password Status option in conjunction with the Setup Password option to protect the system password from unauthorized changes. Entering The UEFI Boot Manager NOTE: Operating systems must be 64-bit UEFI-compatible (for example, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64 version) to be installed from the UEFI boot mode. DOS and 32-bit operating systems can only be installed from the BIOS boot mode. The Boot Manager enables you to: 21

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NOTE:
You can use the
Password Status
option in conjunction with the
System Password
and
Setup Password
options to protect your system from unauthorized changes.
Deleting Or Changing An Existing System And/Or Setup Password
Ensure that the Password jumper is set to enabled and the
Password Status
is
Unlocked
before attempting to delete or
change the existing System and/or Setup password. You cannot delete or change an existing System or Setup password
if the
Password Status
is
Locked
.
To delete or change the existing System and/or Setup password:
1.
To enter System Setup, press <F2> immediately after a power-on or reboot.
2.
In the
System Setup Main Menu
, select
System BIOS
and press <Enter>.
The
System BIOS
screen is displayed.
3.
In the
System BIOS Screen
, select
System Security
and press <Enter>.
The
System Security
screen is displayed.
4.
In the
System Security
screen, verify that
Password Status
is
Unlocked
.
5.
Select
System Password
, alter or delete the existing system password and press <Enter> or <Tab>.
6.
Select
Setup Password
, alter or delete the existing setup password and press <Enter> or <Tab>.
NOTE:
If you change the System and/or Setup password a message prompts you to re-enter the new password. If
you delete the System and/or Setup password, a message prompts you to confirm the deletion.
7.
Press <Esc> to save the changes.
NOTE:
You can disable password security while logging on to the system. To disable the password security, turn on
or reboot your system, type your password and press <Ctrl><Enter>.
Operating With A Setup Password Enabled
If
Setup Password
is
Enabled
, enter the correct setup password before modifying most of the System Setup options.
If you do not enter the correct password in three attempts, the system displays the message
Incorrect Password! Number of unsuccessful password attempts: <x> System
Halted! Must power down.
Even after you shut down and restart the system, the error message is displayed until the correct password is entered.
The following options are exceptions:
•
If
System Password
is not
Enabled
and is not locked through the
Password Status
option, you can assign a
system password.
•
You cannot disable or change an existing system password.
NOTE:
You can use the
Password Status
option in conjunction with the
Setup Password
option to protect the
system password from unauthorized changes.
Entering The UEFI Boot Manager
NOTE:
Operating systems must be 64-bit UEFI-compatible (for example, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64
version) to be installed from the UEFI boot mode. DOS and 32-bit operating systems can only be installed from the
BIOS boot mode.
The Boot Manager enables you to:
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