Desktop Management
Changing a Power-On or Setup Password
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1.Turn on or restart the computer. If you are in Windows, click Start > Shut Down > Restart the Computer. To change the setup password, run Computer Setup.
2.When the key icon appears, type your current password, a slash (/) or alternate delimiter character, your new password, another slash (/) or alternate delimiter character, and your new password again as shown:
current password/new password/new password
Type carefully; for security reasons, the characters you type do not appear on the screen.
3. Press the Enter key.
The new password takes effect the next time you turn on the computer.
Refer to the “National Keyboard Delimiter Characters” section in this chapter for information about the alternate delimiter characters.
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3.4.2Deleting a Power-On or Setup Password
1.Turn on or restart the computer. If you are in Windows, click Start > Shut Down > Restart the Computer. To delete the setup password, run Computer Setup.
2.When the key icon appears, type your current password followed by a slash (/) or alternate delimiter character as shown:
current password/
3.Press the Enter key.
✎Refer to “National Keyboard Delimiter Characters” table for information about the alternate delimiter characters. The
National Keyboard Delimiter Characters
Each keyboard is designed to meet
National Keyboard Delimiter Characters
Arabic | / | Greek | - | Russian | / |
Belgian | = | Hebrew | . | Slovakian | - |
BHCSY* | - | Hungarian | - | Spanish | - |
Brazilian | / | Italian | - | Swedish/Finnish | / |
Chinese | / | Japanese | / | Swiss | - |
Czech | - | Korean | / | Taiwanese | / |
Danish | - | Latin American | - | Thai | / |
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