Password

Start > Settings > Control Panel > Password

Use this panel to set MX7 user access to control panels and power up password properties. Important: This password must be entered before performing a cold boot or cold reset. Contact Technical Assistance if entering a power-on or screen saver password does not allow you to disable this password protection or perform a cold boot.

Factory Default Settings

Password

Blank

 

 

Enter password at Power On

Disabled

 

 

Enter password at Remote Desktop Screen Saver

Disabled

 

 

•The password and password settings are saved during a warm boot and a cold boot.

•The screensaver password affects the Remote Desktop screensaver only.

•After a password is assigned and saved, each time a Settings > Control Panel option is selected, the user will be required to enter the password before the Control Panel will open.

•The screensaver password is the same as the power-on password. They are not set independently.

•A screensaver password cannot be created without first enabling the “Enable password protection at power-on” checkbox.

•The screensaver password is not automatically enabled when the “power-on” checkbox is enabled.

Enter the password in the Password text box, then press Tab and type the password again to confirm it.

Enable the power-on checkbox and, if desired, the screensaver checkbox.

A changed/saved password is in effect immediately.

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