Acer 6592G manual Password Conventions, Clear or Set, Symbol Character Symbol Name

The table below describes the parameters in this screen. Settings in boldface are the default and suggested parameter settings.

Parameter	Description	Option
Supervisor Password Is	Shows the setting for the Supervisor password	Clear or Set
User Password Is	Shows the setting for the user password	Clear or Set
HDD Passwored Is	Shows the setting for the HDD password	Clear or Set
Set Supervisor Password	Press Enter to set the supervisor password.
	When set, this password protects the BIOS
	Setup Utility from unauthorized access. The
	user can not either enter the Setup menu nor
	change the value of parameters
Set User Password	Press Enter to set the user password. When
	user password is set, this password protects
	the BIOS Setup Utility from unauthorized
	access. The user can enter Setup menu only
	and does not have right to change the value of
	parameters
Set HDD Password	Press Enter to set the HDD password. When
	HDD password is set, this password protects
	the Primary HDD
Password on Boot	Defines whether a password is required or not	Disabled or Enabled
	while the events defined in this group happen.
	The following sub-options are all requires the
	Supervisor password for changes and should
	be grayed out if the user password was used
	to enter setup
Current TPM State
Change TPM State

NOTE: When you are prompted to enter a password, you have three tries before the system halts. Don’t forget your password. If you forget your password, you may have to return your notebook computer to your dealer to reset it.

Password Conventions

All the passwords must obey the following rules:

qAll the passwords can be set/cleared in BIOS Setup Security screen.

qThe password entry consists up to 8 alphanumeric characters. At least 1 character must be assigned in this field.

The valid keys are listed in the table below:

Symbol Character	Symbol Name
A — Z	Alphabet A through Z (Not Case Sensitive)
0 — 9	Numeric Characters
-	Dash
=	Equals Sign
[	Left Bracket
]	Right Bracket
.	Period
,	Comma
;	Semi-colon

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