NEC VERSA P, Service Manual

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Setup and Operation 2-17
NOTE:
The characters entered do not appear
on the screen.
If it takes more than three tries to enter the correct password, power off the system and try
again.
Remove a password or replace a current password with a new one as follows.
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To remove a password, type at the password prompt the current password and a
forward slash in the following format:
current password/
Press
Enter
. The password clears and the prompt no longer appears at power-on.
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To replace the current password with a new one, at the password prompt type the
current password, a slash, and the new password in the following format:
current password/new password
Press Enter . The password changes to the new password. Enter the new pass-
word at the next power-on.
Keyboard Lock Hotkey
The system supports a keyboard lock feature for additional security. The lock option ap-
pears on the Auto Setup screen only after you have enabled a password. At this point in
Auto Setup, the lock can be enabled or disabled.
To lock the keyboard, press Ctrl + Alt + Back Space . To unlock the keyboard, enter the
password. If the password is removed, this option is no longer available.
NEC UTILITIES
The NEC utilities are shown in the following list.
BACKLITE.EXE
Type this command at the DOS prompt to set the LCD backlight brightness to standard or
full. Function key
Fn F5
also sets this mode.
CMOSCOPY.EXE
Use this utility to copy the CMOS to a file.