Gateway MG1 Service Manual page 48

halts. Don't forget your password. If you forget your password, you may have to return your
notebook to your dealer to reset it.
Setting a Password
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CHAPTER 2: System utilities
Parameter
Fixed disk boot sector
Password on Boot
Caution
When you are prompted to enter a password, you have three tries before the system
Important
You must set a Supervisor password before you can set a User password.
To set the Supervisor password:
↑ ↓
1
Press or to highlight Set Supervisor Password, then press E
Supervisor Password box opens.
2
Type a password in the Enter New Password field. The password length cannot
exceed eight alphanumeric characters (A-Z, a-z, 0-9). The password is not case
sensitive.
3
Retype the password in the Confirm New Password field.
Caution
Be very careful when typing your password because the characters do not
appear on the screen.
Description
Write protects the boot sector
on the hard drive to protect
against viruses.
Defines whether a password
is required or not while the
events defined in this group
happened. The sub-options
all require the Supervisor
password for changes and
should be grayed out if the
User password was used to
enter the Setup Utility.
Option
Normal or Write Protect
Disabled or Enabled
. The Set
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