HP E4S13UA#ABA Setting Windows passwords, Setting Setup Utility Bios passwords, Password Function

●Change your passwords at least every three months.

●An ideal password is long and has letters, punctuation, symbols, and numbers.

●Before you send your computer for service, back up your files, delete confidential files, and then remove all password settings.

For additional information about Windows passwords, such as screen-saver passwords, from the Start screen, type support, and then select the HP Support Assistant app.

Setting Windows passwords

Password	Function
User password	Protects access to a Windows user account.
Administrator password	Protects administrator-level access to computer contents.
	NOTE: This password cannot be used to access Setup
	Utility (BIOS) contents.

Setting Setup Utility (BIOS) passwords

Password	Function
Administrator password	●	Must be entered each time you access Setup Utility
		(BIOS).
	●	If you forget your administrator password, you cannot
		access Setup Utility (BIOS).
	NOTE: The administrator password can be used in place of
	the power-on password.
	NOTE: Your administrator password is not interchangeable
	with an administrator password set in Windows, nor is it
	displayed as it is set, entered, changed, or deleted.
	NOTE: If you enter the power-on password at the first
	password check, you must enter the administrator password
	to access Setup Utility (BIOS).
Power-on password	●	Must be entered each time you turn on or restart the
		computer.
	●	If you forget your power-on password, you cannot turn
		on or restart the computer.

NOTE: The administrator password can be used in place of the power-on password.

NOTE: A power-on password is not displayed as it is set, entered, changed, or deleted.

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