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• To unlock the keyboard
1. Type your keyboard password (usually the same as your power-
on password).
Note: While entering your keyboard password, the cursor does
not move. However, your keyboard password is input.
2. Press Enter. The keyboard is unlocked when you hear a beep.
• To remove the keyboard password
Turn off the computer.
• To change the keyboard password
This procedure allows you to set a keyboard password that is
different from your power-on password.
1. Go to Start Programs panel of DOS. Select File System and
press Enter.
2. File System panel appears. Press Shift+F9.
3. At the c:\> prompt, type KP /c and press Enter; follow the
instructions on the screen.
Notes:
1. Ensure that the keyboard password program is installed on the
fixed disk or diskette that contains DOS. Go to the DOS prompt
(usually A > or C > ).
2. The keyboard password program works only with DOS.
3. If you reset the computer (using Ctrl+Alt+Del) and then lock the
keyboard, the computer acts as if you typed KP /c.
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