Deleting A Power-On Or Setup Password - HP Xw8200 - Workstation - 1 GB RAM Technical Reference Manual

Deleting a Power-On or Setup Password

To delete a power-on or setup password:
1 Turn on or restart the workstation. If you are in Windows, click Start>Shut Down>Restart the
Computer.
2 To delete the Power-On password, go to Step 3.
To delete the Setup Password, as soon as the workstation is turned on, press and hold the F10 key
until you enter Computer Setup. Press Enter to bypass the title screen, if necessary.
NOTE If you do not press the F10 key at the appropriate time, you must restart the computer and press
and hold the F10 key again to access the utility.
Use the appropriate operating system shutdown process. To delete the setup password, run Computer
Setup.
3 When the key icon appears, enter your current password followed by a slash (/) or alternate delimiter
character as shown:
current password/
4 Press Enter.
NOTE See the
about the alternate delimiter characters. The power-on password and setup password can also be
changed using the Security options in Computer Setup.
NATIONAL KEYBOARD DELIMITER CHARACTERS
Each keyboard is designed to meet country-specific requirements. The syntax and keys that you use for
changing or deleting your password depend on the keyboard that came with your workstation.
Table 3-4 National Keyboard Delimiter Characters
Arabic
Belgian
BHCSY*
Brazilian
Chinese
Czech
Danish
French
French Canadian
German
54 SYSTEM MANAGEMENT
"National Keyboard Delimiter Characters" section on page 54
/ Greek
= Hebrew
- Hungarian
/ Italian
/ Japanese
- Korean
- Latin American
! Norwegian
é Polish
- Portuguese
- Russian
. Slovakian
- Spanish
- Swedish/Finnish
/ Swiss
/ Taiwanese
- Thai
- Turkish
- U.K. English
- U.S. English
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