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Changing a power-on or setup password, National keyboard delimiter characters

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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 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. 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. The power-on and setup passwords 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. Choose from the following: ● To delete the power-on password, go to step 4. ● To delete 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 computer and then press and hold F10 again to access the utility. Use the appropriate operating system shutdown process. 3. When the key icon appears, enter your current password followed by a slash (/) or alternative delimiter character: current password/. For information about the alternative delimiter characters see National keyboard delimiter characters on page 40. 4. Press Enter. National keyboard delimiter characters Each keyboard meets country-specific requirements. The syntax and keys you use for changing or deleting passwords depend on the keyboard included with your workstation. 40 Chapter 3 System management ENWW

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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 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.
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.
The power-on and setup passwords 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.
Choose from the following:
●
To delete the power-on password, go to step 4.
●
To delete 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 computer and then press
and hold F10 again to access the utility.
Use the appropriate operating system shutdown process.
3.
When the key icon appears, enter your current password followed by a slash (/) or alternative
delimiter character:
current password/.
For information about the alternative delimiter characters see
National keyboard delimiter
characters
on page
40
.
4.
Press
Enter.
National keyboard delimiter characters
Each keyboard meets country-specific requirements. The syntax and keys you use for changing or
deleting passwords depend on the keyboard included with your workstation.
40
Chapter 3
System management
ENWW