Compaq AP200 manual Changing a Power-On or Setup Password, Deleting a Power-On or Setup Password

3-12Intelligent Manageability

Changing a Power-On or Setup

Password

1.Turn on or restart the workstation. To change the Setup Password, run Computer Setup.

2.When the key icon appears, type your current password, a slash (/) or alternate delimiter character, your new password, another slash (/) or alternate delimiter character, and your new password again as shown:

current password/new password/new password

NOTE: See the “National Keyboard Delimiter Characters” section in this chapter for information about the alternate delimiter characters. Type carefully; for security reasons, the characters you type do not appear on the screen.

The new password takes effect the next time you turn on the workstation.

Deleting a Power-On or Setup Password

1.Turn on or restart the workstation. To delete the Setup Password, run Computer Setup.

2.When the key icon appears, type your current password followed by a slash (/) or alternate delimiter character as shown:

current password/

NOTE: See the “National Keyboard Delimiter Characters” section in this chapter for information about alternate delimiter characters.

Writer: M. Church Project: Compaq Professional Workstation AP200 Reference Guide Comments: 352620-003

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