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Keeping Your Files Safe
Using passwords in the Windows® operating system
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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
for both User and Master passwords. If the two
passwords do not match, an error message appears.
Repeat steps 6 and 7 to enter the password again.
8
Press
End
to save the change.
9
When System Setup prompts you to confirm your
change, Press
Y
.
Changing the master and user passwords in System Setup
To change 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.
3
Press
H
to move to the HDD PASSWORD section on the
screen.
4
Use the up and down arrow keys to select the password
you wish to change.
5
Press the spacebar, then enter the appropriate password
and press
Enter
.
