Locking Your Clié Handheld With A Password (Data Protection); Turning Off Your Clié Handheld After Locking - Sony CLIE PEG-NX73V Handbook

Locking your CLIÉ handheld with a password
(Data protection)
You can lock your CLIÉ handheld by assigning a password. Your CLIÉ
handheld then requires the user to enter the password when it is turned on.
Note
To turn on your CLIÉ handheld when it is locked, you must enter the correct password.
If you forget the password, you need to perform a hard reset. However, performing a hard
reset deletes all the data and applications which you installed on your CLIÉ handheld.
(By performing the HotSync
from your computer.)
b
For details on how to reset your CLIÉ handheld, refer to "Basic operations of your
CLIÉ™ handheld: Restarting your CLIÉ handheld" of the "Read This First
(Operating Instructions)."
Turning off your CLIÉ handheld after locking
This feature locks and turns off your CLIÉ handheld. To turn on your CLIÉ
handheld, you must enter the correct password.
1
Perform the HotSync
and CLIÉ handheld to create backup data from your CLIÉ
handheld to your computer.
b
For details on the HotSync
to your computer with the HotSync
Protecting your data with a password
®
operation, you can restore the backup data or applications
®
operation between your computer
®
feature, refer to "Backing up data and applications
®
operation" on page 172.
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