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Your Dell system is shipped to you without the setup password feature enabled. If system security is a concern, you should operate your system with setup password protection.

You can assign a setup password, as described in the next subsection, “Assigning a Setup Password,” whenever you use the System Setup program. After a setup password is assigned, only those who know the password have full use of the Sys- tem Setup program.

To change an existing setup password, you must know the setup password (see “Deleting or Changing an Existing Setup Password” found later in this section). If you assign and later forget a setup password, you need to remove the computer cover to change a jumper setting that disables the setup password feature (see “Disabling a Forgotten Password” found later in this chapter). Note that you erase the system password at the same time.

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A setup password can be assigned (or changed) only when the Setup Password cate- gory is set to Not Enabled. To assign a setup password, highlight the Setup Password category and press the left- or right-arrow key. The system prompts you to enter and verify the password. If a character is illegal for password use, the system emits a beep.

NOTES: The setup password can be the same as the system password.

If the two passwords are different, the setup password can be used as an alternate system password. However, the system password cannot be used in place of the setup password.

After you verify the password, the Setup Password setting changes to Enabled. The next time you enter the System Setup program, the system prompts you for the setup password.

A change to the Setup Password category becomes effective immediately (rebooting the system is not required).

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If Setup Password is set to Enabled, you must enter the correct setup password before you can modify the majority of the System Setup categories.

When you start the System Setup program, the System Setup screen appears with the Setup Password category highlighted, prompting you to type the password.

If you do not enter the correct password in three tries, the system lets you view, but not modify, the System Setup screen—with the following exceptions:

‡You can still modify the Date, Time, CPU Speed, Num Lock, and Speaker categories.

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