Setting A Password - Acer Veriton 5100 Service Manual

Setting a Password

3.
Enter the BIOS utility and select "System Security" .
4. Highlight the "Supervisor Password" parameter to set a Setup password, or "User Password" to set a
power-on password. Then press the left or right arrow key. The following creen appears:
Enter your Password twice. The Password
may be up to 7 characters long.
Enter Password ...................... [!!!!!!!]
Enter Password again ................ [!!!!!!!]
Set or Change Password
5. Type a password. The password may consist of up to seven characters. Then press Enter.
6. Retype the password then press Enter.
7.
After setting the password, highlight the "Set or Change Password" option.
8. Press Esc to return to the System Security screen. If you have set a Supervisor password (and/or User
password), the Supervisor Password (and/or User password) setting automatically changes to Present.
9. Press Esc to return to the Main menu.
10. Press Esc to exit the BIOS utility. A dialog box appears asking if you want to save the CMOS data.
11. Select "Yes" to save the changes and reboot the system.
If you have set a Supervisor password, the next time you want to enter the BIOS utility, you must key-in your
Supervisor password.
If you have set a User password, you will be prompted to enter that password every time you boot your
system.
Chapter 2
Supervisor Password
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