Gateway EC14 Setup Notice Changes have been saved, Changing a Password, Set Supervisor Password

Changing a Password

1.Use the ↑ and ↓ keys to highlight the Set Supervisor Password parameter and press the Enter key. The Set Password box appears.

Set Supervisor Password

Enter Current Password	[		]
Enter New Password	[		]
Confirm New Password	[	]

2.Type the current password in the Enter Current Password field and press Enter.

3.Type a password in the Enter New Password field. Retype the password in the Confirm New Password field.

4.Press Enter. After setting the password, the computer sets the User Password parameter to “Set”.

5.If desired, you can enable the Password on boot parameter.

6.When you are done, press F10 to save the changes and exit the BIOS Setup Utility.

If the verification is OK, the screen will display as following.

Setup Notice

Changes have been saved.

[Continue]

The password setting is complete after the user presses Enter.

If the current password entered does not match the actual current password, the screen will show you the Setup Warning.

Setup Warning

Invalid Password.

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If the new password and confirm new password strings do not match, the screen displays the following message.

Setup Warning

Passwords do not match.

Re-enter password.

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