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Entering a Setup Password, Changing a power-on or setup password, run the Computer Setup F10 Utility.

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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. Entering a Setup Password If a setup password has been established on the workstation, you are prompted to enter it when you run the Computer Setup (F10) Utility. To enter a setup password: 1. Restart the workstation. 2. As soon as the workstation is powered on, press and hold F10 until you enter the Computer Setup (F10) Utility. Press Enter to bypass the title screen, if necessary. If you do not pressF10 at the appropriate time, you must restart the workstation and press and hold F10 again to access the utility. If you are using a PS 2 keyboard, you might see a keyboard error message. Disregard it. 3. When the key icon appears on the monitor, enter the setup password, and press Enter. 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 will enter the F10 Setup screen with read-only permission. See F10 Changing a power-on or setup password 1. Restart the workstation. 2. To change the power-on password, go to step 4. 3. To change the setup password, as soon as the workstation is powered on, press and hold F10 until you enter the Computer Setup (F10) Utility. Press Enter to bypass the title screen, if necessary. If you do not press F10 at the appropriate time, you must restart the workstation, and then press and hold F10 again to access the utility. If you are using a PS 2 keyboard, you might see a keyboard error message-disregard it. 4. When the key icon appears, enter the current password, a slash (/) or alternative delimiter character, your new password, another slash (/) or alternative delimiter character, and your new password again as shown: current password/new password/new password For information about the alternative delimiter characters, see National keyboard delimiter characters on page 40. Type carefully. For security reasons, the characters you enter do not appear on the screen. 5. Press Enter. The new password takes effect the next time you power on the workstation. You can also change the power-on and setup passwords using the Security options in the Computer Setup (F10) Utility. ENWW Workstation management 39

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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.
Entering a Setup Password
If a setup password has been established on the workstation, you are prompted to enter it when you
run the Computer Setup (F10) Utility.
To enter a setup password:
1.
Restart the workstation.
2.
As soon as the workstation is powered on, press and hold
F10
until you enter the Computer Setup
(F10) Utility.
Press
Enter
to bypass the title screen, if necessary.
If you do not press
F10
at the appropriate time, you must restart the workstation and press and
hold
F10
again to access the utility.
If you are using a PS 2 keyboard, you might see a keyboard error message. Disregard it.
3.
When the key icon appears on the monitor, enter the setup password, and press
Enter
.
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 will enter the F10 Setup screen with read-only permission. See F10
Changing a power-on or setup password
1.
Restart the workstation.
2.
To change the power-on password, go to step 4.
3.
To change the setup password, as soon as the workstation is powered on, press and hold
F10
until
you enter the Computer Setup (F10) Utility.
Press
Enter
to bypass the title screen, if necessary.
If you do not press
F10
at the appropriate time, you must restart the workstation, and then press
and hold
F10
again to access the utility.
If you are using a PS 2 keyboard, you might see a keyboard error message—disregard it.
4.
When the key icon appears, enter the current password, a slash (/) or alternative delimiter
character, your new password, another slash (/) or alternative delimiter character, and your new
password again as shown:
current password/new password/new password
For information about the alternative delimiter characters, see
National keyboard delimiter
characters
on page
40
.
Type carefully. For security reasons, the characters you enter do not appear on the screen.
5.
Press
Enter
.
The new password takes effect the next time you power on the workstation.
You can also change the power-on and setup passwords using the Security options in the Computer
Setup (F10) Utility.
ENWW
Workstation management
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