HW Setup and Passwords
Portégé A100
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To delete a user password:
1. Select
Not Registered
to display the following prompt:
Enter
Password:
2. Enter the currently registered password. The character string you
enter is displayed as a string of asterisks.
Enter Password: ****
If you click the
OK
button before entering the password,
Registered
will appear on the display.
3. Click the
OK
button. If the character string you enter matches the
registered password, the password option is reset and the display
changes to:
The password was deleted
If they do not match, the following message appears. You must
repeat step 1.
Incorrect
Password
If you enter the password incorrectly three times, the screen will display:
Sorry, access denied!!! Powering off your machine then
powering it back on again are required to regain
access.
You will not be able to access the password option in the HW Setup. In
this case you must turn the power off and back on to retry the procedure.
4. Follow the same procedures described in the earlier section,
How to
set the password
, to set a new user password.
Refer to the
Supervisor password
section later in this chapter for details
on setting the supervisor password.
Device Config
Device Configuration
This option lets you set the device configuration.
All Devices
BIOS sets all devices.
Setup by OS
Operating system sets devices that it can
control. (Default)