Acer manual Locking your Acer s10, Recovering from a forgotten password

3 Managing your applications Security

•To assign a password, enter the password again to verify it, and tap OK.

•To change your password, enter a new password and tap OK.

•To delete your password, enter your current password. Tap OK, and then tap Delete.

Locking your Acer s10

You can turn off and lock your Acer s10 with a password to protect information. You must then enter the password when you turn on your device to gain access to the information on it.

If you forget the password, you must perform a hard reset to resume using your Acer s10. Performing a hard reset deletes all the records in your Acer s10; however, you can restore all synchronized data at the next HotSync operation. Refer to "Performing a hard reset" on page vii for instructions.

To lock your Acer s10 with a password:

1Assign a password, as described in “Assigning and editing passwords” earlier in this section.

A password is required before using the Turn Off & Lock option.

2Tap Turn Off & Lock Device. The System Lockout dialog box appears.

3Tap Off & Lock. You device is turned off and is locked.

To turn on and unlock your Acer s10:

1Turn on your device.

2Enter your password at the prompt.

3Tap OK.

Recovering from a forgotten password

If the Off & Lock option is not active, and you forget your password, you can delete the forgotten password from your Acer s10. Deleting a forgotten password also deletes all entries and files marked as Private.

IMPORTANT: If you synchronize your Acer s10 with your computer before deleting a forgotten password, Acer s10 restores private entries the next time you perform a HotSync operation, but does not restore the forgotten password.

To delete a forgotten password:

1From the Applications Launcher pick list, tap Security.

2From the Security dialog box, tap Forgotten Password.

3Tap Yes to delete the forgotten password.

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