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3. When the key icon appears on the monitor, type the setup password, then press the
Enter key.
NOTE:
Type carefully; for security reasons, the characters you type do not appear on the screen.
If you enter the password incorrectly, a broken key icon appears. Try again. After three
unsuccessful tries, you must turn off the workstation, then turn it on again before you can
continue.
changing a power-on or setup password
1. Turn on or restart the workstation. If you are in Windows, click Start > Shut Down > Restart
the Computer. To change the setup password, run Computer Setup.
2. When the key icon appears, type your current password, a slash (/) or alternate delimiter
character, your new password, another slash (/) or alternate delimiter character, and your new
password again as shown:
current password/new password/new password
NOTE:
Type carefully; for security reasons, the characters you type do not appear on the screen.
3. Press the
Enter
key.
The new password takes effect the next time you turn on the workstation.
NOTE:
See the “national keyboard delimiter characters” section in this chapter 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.
deleting a power-on or setup password
1. Turn on or restart the workstation. Use the appropriate operating system shutdown process.
To delete the setup password, run Computer Setup.
2. When the key icon appears, type your current password followed by a slash (/) or alternate
delimiter character as shown:
current password/
3. Press the
Enter
key.
NOTE:
See the “national keyboard delimiter characters” section 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.