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Setting the User Password, How to Set a User, Password

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3 Security and Manageability Features Setting Passwords Setting the User Password A User password can only be set if an Administrator password has already been set. The User Password provides these security features: • automatic lock at startup to enable remote management, but prevent unauthorized access • a power-on password prompt to prevent your PC being started in your absence • a keyboard lock timer to automatically lock your PC after a specified number of minutes of keyboard inactivity-you must type the password and press Enter to unlock the keyboard • blank the screen to conceal confidential data when the PC is locked. If you have set both an Administrator password and a User password, and you enter the Setup program by using the User password, you will be restricted in your ability to change setup items. If you enter the Setup program with an Administrator password, you will have no restrictions. How to Set a User Password To set a User password: 1 Enter the Setup program, by pressing F2 during startup. 2 Select the Security menu group. 3 Select the User Password submenu. 4 Choose the Set User Password setup item. You will be asked to enter your password twice. Save your changes when you exit the Setup program by selecting "Exit", then "Save and Exit". To remove the password, follow the same procedure as to set a password. You will be asked to enter the existing password first. Then, for the new password, leave the password field blank and press Enter. To confirm your choice, press Enter a second time. 64

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3
Security and Manageability Features
Setting Passwords
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Setting the User Password
A User password can only be set if an Administrator password has
already been set.
The User Password provides these security features:
•
automatic lock at startup to enable remote management, but prevent
unauthorized access
•
a power-on password prompt to prevent your PC being started in
your absence
•
a keyboard lock timer to automatically lock your PC after a specified
number of minutes of keyboard inactivity—you must type the
password and press
Enter
to unlock the keyboard
•
blank the screen to conceal confidential data when the PC is locked.
If you have set both an Administrator password and a User password,
and you enter the
Setup
program by using the User password, you will
be restricted in your ability to change setup items. If you enter the
Setup
program with an Administrator password, you will have no
restrictions.
How to Set a User
Password
To set a User password:
1
Enter the
Setup
program, by pressing
F2
during startup.
2
Select the
Security
menu group.
3
Select the
User Password
submenu.
4
Choose the
Set User Password
setup item. You will be asked to
enter your password twice. Save your changes when you exit the
Setup
program by selecting “Exit”, then “Save and Exit”.
To remove the password, follow the same procedure as to set a
password. You will be asked to enter the existing password first. Then,
for the new password, leave the password field blank and press
Enter
. To
confirm your choice, press
Enter
a second time.