Coordinating Hp And Windows Passwords - HP Notebook Series Hardware And Software Manual

Security

Coordinating HP and Windows Passwords

Some password options are provided by your HP software and
others are provided by your operating system. The following
table summarizes the most commonly used HP passwords and
Windows passwords. For information about additional Windows
passwords, such as screen-saver passwords, refer to Start > Help
and Support.
Suggestions for coordinating HP and Windows passwords are
provided after the following table.
HP Passwords
HP administrator Setup
password
Power-on password
Windows Passwords
Administrator password*
User password*
*For information about setting a Windows administrator password or a
Windows user password, select Start > Help and Support.
5–8
Function
Protects access to the Setup utility.
Protects access to notebook contents
when the notebook is started, restarted,
or restored from Hibernation.
Function
Protects Windows administrator-level
access to notebook contents.
Protects access to a Windows user
account.
To protect access to notebook
contents then the notebook is
resumed from Standby, you can set a
password prompt to display. Refer to
"Setting a Standby Password Prompt"
Chapter 3.
Hardware and Software Guide
in