Chapter 6: Using Installed Programs and Utilities

To set a password:

1 Use the up arrow and down arrow keys to highlight a password parameter (Setup, Power-on, or Hard Disk) and press the Enter key. The password box opens.

2 Type a password. The password can consist of as many as eight alphanumeric characters (A-Z, a-z, 0-9).

Important Be very careful when typing your password because the characters do not appear on the screen.

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Press Enter. The retype password box opens.

Retype the password to verify your first entry and press Enter.

After setting the password, your notebook automatically sets the chosen password parameter to Present.

Press ESC to return to the main menu.

Press Esc. The following dialog box appears.

7 Select Yes and press Enter to save the password and exit the BIOS Setup utility.

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