HP g012nr Setting Windows passwords, Setting Setup Utility Bios passwords, Password Function

●An ideal password is long and has letters, punctuation, symbols, and numbers.

●Before you send your computer for service, back up your files, delete confidential files, and then remove all password settings.

For additional information about Windows passwords, such as screen-saver passwords, from the Start screen, access HP Support Assistant. To access HP Support Assistant, on the Start screen, select the HP Support Assistant app

Setting Windows passwords

Password	Function
User password	Protects access to a Windows user account. You may also
	set up your computer to require the user password to exit
	Sleep. See Setting password protection on wakeup
	on page 52 for more information.
Administrator password	Protects administrator-level access to computer contents.
	NOTE: This password cannot be used to access Setup
	Utility (BIOS) contents.

Setting Setup Utility (BIOS) passwords

Password	Function
Administrator password	● Must be entered each time you access Setup Utility
	(BIOS).
	● If you forget your administrator password, you cannot
	access Setup Utility (BIOS).
	NOTE: The administrator password can be used in place of
	the power-on password.
	NOTE: Your administrator password is not interchangeable
	with an administrator password set in Windows, nor is it
	displayed as it is set, entered, changed, or deleted.
	NOTE: If you enter the power-on password at the first
	password check before the “Press the ESC key for Startup
	Menu” message is displayed, you must enter the
	administrator password to access Setup Utility (BIOS).
Power-on password	● Must be entered each time you turn on or restart the
	computer.
	● If you forget your power-on password, you cannot turn
	on or restart the computer.
	NOTE: The administrator password can be used in place of
	the power-on password.
	NOTE: A power-on password is not displayed as it is set,
	entered, changed, or deleted.

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