Gateway MX6452, User Manual

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CHAPTER 5: Protecting your notebook
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Notebook startup and hard drive password
Tips & Tricks
Make sure that you use
a password you can
remember. The
password feature is
very secure, and you
cannot bypass it. If you
forget your password,
you will have to return
your notebook to
Gateway so we can
reset it.
Use a startup and hard drive password to keep
other people from using your notebook. You
have to enter your password when you turn on
your notebook or access your files.
These passwords are set in your notebook’s BIOS
setup utility. Use a password that you can
remember but that would be hard for someone
else to guess.
Windows XP user accounts
Help and
Support
For more information
about Windows XP
user accounts, click
Start , then click Help
and Support. Type
the keyword user
accounts
in the
Search box, then click
the arrow.
Windows lets you set up a user account for each
person who uses your notebook. When you set
up user accounts, Windows sets up a My
Documents folder for each account. You can
assign a password to each account so only the
account owner can access files in the My
Documents folder.
When you set up a user account, you can also
limit the programs that a user can install or run.