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Keeping Your Files Safe
Using passwords in the Windows® operating system
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❖A hard disk drive password—Protects your data by
preventing access to the hard disk, even if it is removed
and installed in another computer. You can set a hard disk
drive user password and/or a hard disk drive master
password.
User-level passwords
The user-level password is the basic level of password
security. You can use it as both a power-on password and an
instant password. For most users, this is all the password
security you’ll need.
CAUTION: Make sure you use a password you can remember
easily. If you ever forget your password, contact your network
administrator.
Setting a user-level password
To set (register) a user-level password:
1Click Start, Control Panel, and click Tosh ib a
HWSetup.
2Open the Password tab.
3Click Registered.
A Password dialog box appears.
4Type in the password and click OK.
5Reenter the password and click OK.
6Click OK at the bottom of the HWSetup window.
Your user password is now in effect. Use it when you
start the computer (power-on password).
Disabling the user-level password
To delete a user-level password: