Entering An Administrator Password; National Keyboard Delimiter Characters; Clearing Passwords - HP Z238 Maintenance And Service Manual

Entering an administrator password

If an administrator password has been established on the computer, you will be prompted to enter it each
time you run Computer Setup (F10) Utility.
To enter an administrator password:
1. Restart the computer.
2. As soon as the computer is turned on, press and hold
Press
If you do not press
again to access the utility.
If you are using a PS/2 keyboard, you might see a keyboard error message. Disregard it.
3. When the key icon appears on the monitor, enter the administrator password, and press enter.
Type carefully. For security reasons, the characters you enter 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 restart the computer before you can continue.

National keyboard delimiter characters

Each keyboard meets country-specific requirements. The syntax and keys you use for changing or deleting
passwords depend on the keyboard included with the computer.
Language
Arabic
Belgian
BHCSY
Brazilian
Chinese
Czech
Danish
French
French Canadian
German
* Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, and Yugoslavia

Clearing passwords

If you forget the password, you cannot access the computer.
For instructions about clearing passwords, see
on page 70.
32 Chapter 2 System management
enter to bypass the title screen, if necessary.
F10 at the appropriate time, you must restart the computer and press and hold
Delimiter
/
=
-
*
/
/
-
-
!
é
-
F10 until you enter Computer Setup (F10) Utility.
Language Delimiter
Greek -
Hebrew .
Hungarian -
Italian -
Japanese /
Korean /
Latin American -
Norwegian -
Polish -
Portuguese -
Configuring password security and resetting CMOS
Language Delimiter
Russian /
Slovakian -
Spanish -
Swedish/Finnish /
Swiss -
Taiwanese /
Thai /
Turkish .
U.K. English /
U.S. English /
F10