•SetupUtilityprogramandharddiskdrivepasswordsarenotcasesensitive
•Notbeyournameoryourusername
•Notbeacommonwordoracommonname
•Besignicantlydifferentfromyourpreviouspassword
UserPassword
WhenaUserPasswordisset,thecomputercannotbeuseduntilavalidpasswordistypedfromthe
keyboard.
AdministratorPassword
WhenanAdministratorPasswordisset,itdetersunauthorizedpersonsfromchangingconguration
settings.Ifyouareresponsibleformaintainingthesettingsofseveralcomputers,youmightwanttosetan
AdministratorPassword.
AfteryousetanAdministratorPassword,apasswordpromptisdisplayedeachtimeyoutrytoaccessthe
SetupUtilityprogram.
Ifboththeuserandadministratorpasswordsareset,youcantypeeitherpassword.However,tochange
anycongurationsettings,youmustuseyouradministratorpassword.
Setting,changing,anddeletingapassword
Toset,change,ordeleteapassword,dothefollowing:
Note:Apasswordcanbeanycombinationofuptotwelvecharacters(A-Z,a-z,and0-9).Formor e
information,see“Passwordconsiderations”onpage39.
1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram(see“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage39).
2.FromtheSetupUtilityprogrammenu,selectSecurity.
3.SelectSetPasswords.Readtheinformationdisplayedontherightsideofthescreen.
Selectingastartupdevice
Ifthecomputerdoesnotstartup(boot)fromadevicesuchastheCD-ROM,diskette,orhar ddiskas
expected,useoneofthefollowingprocedurestoselectastartupdevice.
Selectingatemporarystartupdevice
Usethisproceduretostartupfromanybootdevice.
Note:NotallCDs,harddisks,anddiskettesarebootable.
1.Turnoffthecomput er.
2.PressandholdtheF12keythenturnonthecomputer.WhentheStartupDeviceMenuappears,release
theF12key.
Note:IfyouareusingaUSBkeyboardandtheStartupDeviceMenudoesnotdisplayusingthismethod,
repeatedlypressandreleasetheF12keyratherthanleavingitpressedwhenturningonthecomputer .
3.SelectthedesiredstartupdevicefromtheStartupDeviceMenuandpressEntertobegin.
Note:SelectingastartupdevicefromtheStartupDevicemenudoesnotpermanentlychangethestartup
sequence.
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