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Using a Power-on Password

If you set a power-on password when you ran the Setup program, you must enter it every time you turn on or reset the computer. Follow these steps to use your password:

1.If you do not have a hard disk, insert your Startup diskette in drive A.

2.Turn on or reset the computer. The screen displays a key prompt:

3.At the key prompt, type your power-on password. The key turns when you type a character, but the screen does not display the characters you type. Then press Enter.

After you type the password correctly and press Enter, a happy face character appears. Then the computer loads MS-DOS and displays the MS-DOS command prompt. (If you installed the Shell program when you installed MS-DOS, you see the Shell Start Programs menu instead of the command prompt.)

Note

If you turned on network server mode when you ran the Setup program, you need to use a different procedure to enter your password. See “Using Your Computer as a Network Server” in Chapter 4.

You have three chances to enter the correct password. If you do not enter the correct password at the key prompt, another key prompt appears. If you do not enter the correct password at the third key prompt, the screen displays a zero, the keyboard locks up, and you cannot use the computer. Reset the computer and try to enter the correct password again. (See “Resetting the Computer,” above, for instructions.)

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