Acer 230 Series, 280 Series manual Removing a password, Changing a password, Setting passwords

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2Type a password. The password may consist of up to eight characters (A-Z, a-z, 0-9).

3Press Enter. Retype the password to verify your first entry and press Enter.

4After setting the password, the computer automatically sets the chosen password parameter to Present.

Removing a password

Should you want to remove a password, do the following:

1Use the cursor up/down keys to highlight a password parameter and press the Enter key. The password box appears.

2Enter the current password and press Enter.

3Press Enter twice without entering anything in the new and confirm password fields to remove the existing password.

Note: When you want to remove the Hard Disk (or 2nd Hard Disk) password, you are prompted for the current Hard Disk password before it is removed.

Changing a password

Should you want to change a password, do the following:

1Remove the current password.

2Set a new password.

Setting passwords

You can set passwords using:

Notebook Manager

BIOS Utility

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