Changing A Power-On Or Setup Password; Deleting A Power-On Or Setup Password - HP Z228 Maintenance And Service Manual

If you enter the password incorrectly, a broken key icon appears. Try again. After three unsuccessful tries,
you must restart the computer before you can continue.

Changing a power-on or setup password

To change a power-on or setup password:
1. Restart the computer.
2. To change the power-on password, go to step 4.
3. To change the setup password, as soon as the computer is turned on, press and hold
Computer Setup (f10) Utility. Press
If you do not press
the f10
If you are using a PS/2 keyboard, you might see a keyboard error message. Disregard it.
4. When the key icon appears, enter the current password, a slash (/) or alternative delimiter character,
the new password, another slash (/) or alternative delimiter character, and the new password again as
shown:
current password/new password/new password
For information about the alternative delimiter characters, see
on page
Type carefully. For security reasons, the characters you enter do not appear on the screen.
5. Press enter.
The new password takes effect the next time you turn on the computer.
The power-on and setup passwords can also be changed using the Security options in Computer Setup (f10)
Utility.

Deleting a power-on or setup password

To delete a power-on or setup password:
1. Turn on or restart the computer.
2. Choose from the following:
●
To delete the power-on password, go to step 4.
●
To delete the setup password, as soon as the computer is turned on, press and hold
enter Computer Setup (f10) Utility. Press
If you do not press f10 at the appropriate time, you must restart the computer and then press and
hold
Use the appropriate operating system shutdown process.
3. When the key icon appears, enter the current password followed by a slash (/) or alternative delimiter
character: current password/.
For information about the alternative delimiter characters see the following section.
4. Press
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f10 at the appropriate time, you must restart the computer, and then press and hold
key again to access the utility.
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f10 again to access the utility.
enter.
enter to bypass the title screen, if necessary.
enter to bypass the title screen, if necessary.
f10
National keyboard delimiter characters
until you enter
f10 until you