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3. When the key icon appears, type the current password followed by a slash (/) or alternate delimiter
character as shown:
current password/
4. Press Enter .
NOTE: Refer to National Keyboard Delimiter Characters on page 41 for information
about the alternate delimiter characters. The power-on password and setup password may
also be changed using the Security options in Computer Setup.
National Keyboard Delimiter Characters
Each keyboard is designed to meet country-specific requirements. The syntax and keys that you use to
change or delete the password depend on the keyboard that came with the computer.
National Keyboard Delimiter Characters
Arabic / Greek - Russian /
Belgian = Hebrew . Slovakian -
BHCSY* - Hungarian - Spanish -
Brazilian / Italian - Swedish/Finnish /
Chinese / Japanese / Swiss -
Czech - Korean / Taiwanese /
Danish - Latin American - Thai /
French ! Norwegian - Turkish .
French Canadian é Polish - U.S. English /
German - Portuguese -
* For Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, and Yugoslavia
Clearing Passwords
If you forget the password, you cannot access the computer. Refer to the Troubleshooting Guide on
the Documentation and Diagnostics CD for instructions on clearing passwords.
If the system is equipped with an embedded security device, refer to the HP ProtectTools Security
Manager Guide at www.hp.com .
DriveLock
DriveLock is an industry-standard security feature that prevents unauthorized access to the data on ATA
hard. DriveLock has been implemented as an extension to Computer Setup. It is only available when
hard drives that support the ATA Security command set are detected. DriveLock is intended for HP
customers for whom data security is the paramount concern. For such customers, the cost of the hard
drive and the loss of the data stored on it is inconsequential when compared with the damage that could
result from unauthorized access to its contents. In order to balance this level of security with the practical
need to accommodate a forgotten password, the HP implementation of DriveLock employs a two-
password security scheme. One password is intended to be set and used by a system administrator
while the other is typically set and used by the end-user. There is no "back-door" that can be used to
unlock the drive if both passwords are lost. Therefore, DriveLock is most safely used when the data
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