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Keeping Your Files Safe
Using passwords in the Windows® operating system
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If you want to change your password, input the new
password.
7
When System Setup prompts you to verify the password,
type it again and press
Enter
.
If the two passwords match, System Setup displays:
Registered
. Note that you can only change (not delete) the user
password if a master password is registered.
8
Press
End
to save the change.
9
When System Setup prompts you to confirm your
change, Press
Y
.
Deleting the hard disk drive master and user passwords in
the System Setup
HINT: You must delete the hard disk drive master password
before you can delete the hard disk drive user password.
To delete the master and user passwords in System Setup:
1
Click
Start
, then click
Shutdown
, and click
OK
.
The computer shuts down.
2
Hold down the
Esc
key and press and hold the power
switch until the on/off light on the system indicator panel
illuminates (green) for approximately one second. When
the following message appears on the screen: “Check
system, Then press [F1] key,” press
F1
.
The System Setup screen appears.