Security
Software Guide
2–3
Using Compaq and Windows Passwords
Compaq security features and Windows operating system
security features work independently from each other. For
example, a device disabled in Computer Setup cannot be enabled
in Windows.
Also, you must use a Compaq password at a Compaq password
prompt and a Windows password at a Windows password prompt.
For example:
■
If a power-on password is set, the power-on password (not a
Windows password) must be entered when the notebook
starts up or resumes from Hibernation.
■
If you set Windows to prompt for a password before
resuming from Standby, a Windows password (not a
power-on password) must be entered to resume from
Standby.
■
A Compaq administrator password and a Windows
administrator password are not interchangeable.
However, the same word or series of letters, numerals, or
slashes used for a Compaq password can also be used for
another
Compaq password
or
as a Windows password, with
these considerations:
❏
Compaq passwords can be any combination of up to
32 letters, numbers, and slashes (/) and are not case
sensitive.
❏
Compaq passwords must be set and entered with the
same type of keys. For example, a Compaq password
set with keyboard number keys will not be recognized
if it is entered with internal keypad number keys. (For
information about the internal keypad, refer on this CD to
the
Hardware Guide,
“Pointing Devices and Keyboard”
chapter.)
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