Lenovo ThinkPad 600X TP 600X User's Reference - Page 118

Using Passwords Entering a password After you have set a password, a password prompt appears at the top left corner of the screen. This prompt appears each time you power on your computer or when your computer returns from suspend mode to normal operation. However, a password prompt is not displayed if the computer returns to normal operation because of a preset timer or an incoming call on the modem. In this case, you will have to display it by pressing a key or moving the pointing device. To enter a password, do the following: 1 Type your password. The symbol appears each time you press a key. Don't hold down a key too long, because the same character will be entered continuously. 2 Press the Enter key. An OK appears if you enter the correct password, and an X appears if you enter the wrong password. If you fail to enter the correct password in three tries, you must power off the computer, wait 5 seconds, and then power it on again and retry. Setting a password To set a password, do the following: 1 Start Easy-Setup. a) Press and hold F1; then power on the computer. b) Hold F1 until the "Easy-Setup" menu appears. 2 Click Password in the "Easy-Setup" menu. For more information on the "Password" submenu "Easy-Setup" on page 16. 3 Click the type of password you want to set: Power-On, HDD, or Supervisor. 96 IBM ThinkPad 600X User's Reference