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Changing a power-on or setup password, the Security options in the Computer Setup F10 Utility.

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To enter a setup password: 1. Restart the workstation. 2. As soon as the workstation is powered on, press and hold the F10 key until you enter the Computer Setup (F10) Utility. Press Enter to bypass the title screen, if necessary. NOTE: If you do not press the F10 key at the appropriate time, you must restart the workstation and press and hold the F10 key again to access the utility. 3. When the key icon appears on the monitor, enter the setup password, and press Enter. NOTE: Type carefully. For security reasons, the characters you enter do not appear on the screen. If you enter the password incorrectly, a broken key icon appears. Try again. After three unsuccessful tries, you must restart the workstation before you can continue. Changing a power-on or setup password 1. Restart the workstation. 2. To change the Setup password, as soon as the workstation is turned on, press and hold the F10 key until you enter the Computer Setup (F10) Utility. Press Enter to bypass the title screen, if necessary. NOTE: If you do not press F10 at the appropriate time, you must restart the workstation and press and hold the F10 key again to access the utility. 3. When the key icon appears, enter the current password, a slash (/) or alternate delimiter character, your new password, another slash (/) or alternate delimiter character, and your new password again as shown: current password/new password/new password NOTE: Type carefully. For security reasons, the characters you enter do not appear on the screen. 4. Press Enter. The new password takes effect the next time you power on the workstation. NOTE: Refer to National keyboard delimiter characters on page 41 for information about the alternate delimiter characters. The power-on password and setup password can also be changed using the Security options in the Computer Setup (F10) Utility. Deleting a power-on or setup password 1. Power on or restart the workstation. 2. To delete the power-on password, go to step 3. To delete the Setup Password, as soon as the workstation is powered on, press and hold the F10 key until you enter the Computer Setup (F10) Utility. Press Enter to bypass the title screen, if necessary. NOTE: If you do not press the F10 key at the appropriate time, you must restart the computer and press and hold the F10 key again to access the utility. Use the appropriate operating system shutdown process. To delete the setup password, run the Computer Setup (F10) Utility. 3. When the key icon appears, enter your current password followed by a slash (/) or alternate delimiter character as shown: current password/ 4. Press Enter. 40 Chapter 3 System management ENWW

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To enter a setup password:
1.
Restart the workstation.
2.
As soon as the workstation is powered on, press and hold the
F10
key until you enter the Computer
Setup (F10) Utility. Press
Enter
to bypass the title screen, if necessary.
NOTE:
If you do not press the
F10
key at the appropriate time, you must restart the workstation
and press and hold the
F10
key again to access the utility.
3.
When the key icon appears on the monitor, enter the setup password, and press
Enter
.
NOTE:
Type carefully. For security reasons, the characters you enter do not appear on the screen.
If you enter the password incorrectly, a broken key icon appears. Try again. After three unsuccessful
tries, you must restart the workstation before you can continue.
Changing a power-on or setup password
1.
Restart the workstation.
2.
To change the Setup password, as soon as the workstation is turned on, press and hold the
F10
key until you enter the Computer Setup (F10) Utility. Press
Enter
to bypass the title screen, if
necessary.
NOTE:
If you do not press
F10
at the appropriate time, you must restart the workstation and press
and hold the
F10
key again to access the utility.
3.
When the key icon appears, enter the current password, a slash (/) or alternate delimiter character,
your new password, another slash (/) or alternate delimiter character, and your new password again
as shown:
current password/new password/new password
NOTE:
Type carefully. For security reasons, the characters you enter do not appear on the
screen.
4.
Press
Enter
.
The new password takes effect the next time you power on the workstation.
NOTE:
Refer to
National keyboard delimiter characters
on page
41
for information about the
alternate delimiter characters. The power-on password and setup password can also be changed using
the Security options in the Computer Setup (F10) Utility.
Deleting a power-on or setup password
1.
Power on or restart the workstation.
2.
To delete the power-on password, go to step 3. To delete the Setup Password, as soon as the
workstation is powered on, press and hold the
F10
key until you enter the Computer Setup (F10)
Utility. Press
Enter
to bypass the title screen, if necessary.
NOTE:
If you do not press the
F10
key at the appropriate time, you must restart the computer
and press and hold the
F10
key again to access the utility.
Use the appropriate operating system shutdown process. To delete the setup password, run the
Computer Setup (F10) Utility.
3.
When the key icon appears, enter your current password followed by a slash (/) or alternate
delimiter character as shown:
current password/
4.
Press
Enter.
40
Chapter 3
System management
ENWW