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Entering a Setup Password If a setup password has been established on the workstation, you will be prompted to enter it each time you run Computer Setup. To enter a setup password: 1. Turn on or restart the workstation. 2. As soon as the workstation is turned on, press and hold the F10 key until you enter Computer Setup. 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. 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, then 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 turn off the workstation, then turn it on again before you can continue. Changing a Power-On or Setup Password To change a power-on or setup password: 1. Turn on or restart the workstation. To change the setup password, run Computer Setup. 2. To change the Power-On password, go to step 3. To change the Setup password, as soon as the workstation is turned on, press and hold the F10 key until you enter Computer Setup. 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. If you are using a PS/2 keyboard, you might see a Keyboard Error message-disregard it. 3. When the key icon appears, type 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 turn on the workstation. Desktop Management 67 System Management

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System Management
Desktop Management
67
Entering a Setup Password
If a setup password has been established on the workstation, you will be prompted to enter it each time
you run Computer Setup.
To enter a setup password:
1.
Turn on or restart the workstation.
2.
As soon as the workstation is turned on, press and hold the
F10
key until you enter Computer Setup.
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.
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, then 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 turn off the workstation, then turn it on again before you can continue.
Changing a Power-On or Setup Password
To change a power-on or setup password:
1.
Turn on or restart the workstation. To change the setup password, run Computer Setup.
2.
To change the Power-On password, go to step 3.
To change the Setup password, as soon as the workstation is turned on, press and hold the
F10
key
until you enter Computer Setup. 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.
If you are using a PS/2 keyboard, you might see a Keyboard Error message—disregard it.
3.
When the key icon appears, type 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 turn on the workstation.