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Security

■A Setup utility administrator password and a Windows administrator password have different functions. A Windows administrator password cannot be used to access the Setup utility, and a Setup utility administrator password cannot provide administrator-level access to your computer contents.

■If you forget the administrator password set in the Setup utility, you will not be able to access the Setup utility.

The following table lists commonly used Setup utility and Windows passwords and describes their functions. For additional information about Windows passwords, such as screen-saver passwords, select Start > Help and Support.

Setup Utility Passwords	Function
Administrator password	Protects access to the Setup utility.
Power-on password	Protects access to the computer contents
	when the computer is turned on, restarted,
	or restored from hibernation.
Windows Passwords	Function
Administrator password*	Protects access to Windows
	administrator-level computer contents.
User password*	Protects access to a Windows user
	account.
Standby password	Protects access to computer contents when
	the computer is resumed from standby or
	restored from hibernation.

*For information about setting a Windows password, select Start > Help and Support.

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