Acer Aspire Z1100, Service Manual

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System Utilities
2-11
2. Type current password in
Enter Current Password
field and press Enter .
3. Press Enter twice
without
typing anything in
Enter New Password
and
Confirm New
Password
fields. Computer will set
Supervisor Password
parameter to
Clear
.
4. Press F10 to save changes and exit the BIOS Setup Utility .
Changing a Password
0
1. Use the

and

keys to highlight
Set Supervisor Password
and press Enter . The
Set Supervisor Password
dialog is shown. (Figure 2-9)
Figure 2-9. Changing a Password: Set Supervisor Password
2. Type current password in
Enter Current Password
field and press Enter .
3. Type new password in
Enter New Password
field and press Enter .
4. Retype new password in
Confirm New Password
field and press Enter .
5. If new password and confirm new password strings match, The
Setup Notice
dialog is
shown (Figure 2-10). If it is not shown, go to step 6.
Figure 2-10. Changing a Password: Setup Notice
a. Press Enter to return to the BIOS Setup Utility Security menu.
b.
The Supervisor Password
parameter is shown as
Set.
c. Press F10 to save changes and exit BIOS Setup Utility .
6. If current password and new password strings do not match, the
Setup Warning
dialog
is shown (Figure 2-11). If it is not shown, go to step 7.
Figure 2-11. Changing a Password: Invalid Password
Set Supervisor Password
Enter Current Password [ ] Enter Current Password
Enter New Password [ ]
Confirm New Password [ ]
Setup Notice
Changes have been saved.
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Setup Warning
Invalid Password.
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