Changing a power-on or setup password – HP XW3400 User Manual

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If a setup password has been established on the workstation, you will be prompted to enter it each time

you run Computer Setup.

1

.

Turn on or restart the workstation. If you are in Windows, click Start > Shut Down > Restart.

2

.

As soon as the workstation is turned on, press

F10

when the monitor light turns green to enter

Computer Setup. Press

Enter

to bypass the title screen, if necessary.

NOTE:

If you do not press

F10

at the appropriate time, you must restart the workstation and again

press

F10

when the monitor light turns green to access the utility.

3

.

When the key icon appears on the monitor, type the setup password, then press

Enter

.

NOTE:

Type carefully; for security reasons, the characters you type do not appear on the screen.

If you enter the password incorrectly, a broken key icon appears. Try again. After three unsuccessful tries,

you must turn off the workstation, then turn it on again before you can continue.

Changing a power-on or Setup password

If the system is equipped with an embedded security device, refer to the HP ProtectTools Security Manager

Guide at

www.hp.com

.

1

.

Turn on or restart the workstation. If you are in Windows, click Start > Shut Down > Restart the

Computer.

2

.

To change the Power-On password, go to step 3.

To change the Setup password, as soon as the workstation is turned on, press

F10

when the monitor

light turns green to enter Computer Setup. Press

Enter

to bypass the title screen, if necessary.

NOTE:

If you do not press

F10

at the appropriate time, you must restart the workstation and again

press

F10

when the monitor light turns green to access the utility.

3

.

When the key icon appears, type the current password, a slash (/) or alternate delimiter character,

the new password, another slash (/) or alternate delimiter character, and the new password again

as shown: current password/new password/new password

NOTE:

Type carefully; for security reasons, the characters you type do not appear on the screen.

4

.

Press

Enter

.

The new password takes effect the next time you turn on the workstation.

NOTE:

Refer to the

National keyboard delimiter characters on page 40

for information about the

alternate delimiter characters. The power-on password and setup password may also be changed using

the Security options in Computer Setup.

ENWW

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