Protecting The Omnibook; To Set Or Change A Password - HP OmniBook 2100 User Manual

Drive status indicators
Keyboard status indicators

Protecting the OmniBook

To set or change a password.

To delete a password.
To attach a security cable.
To install McAfee VirusScan.
To set or change a password
The OmniBook provides two levels of password protection—user password
protection and administrator password protection. You cannot set the user password
until you set an administrator password.
If password protection is set, then you will be prompted to enter a password
whenever you reset or turn on the computer (depending on your setting).
the presence of main (upper) and second (lower) batteries. A
triangle blinks slowly when that battery is charging.
Battery low. No battery bars showing; triangles indicate
presence of battery. The OmniBook also beeps.
Defective battery. No battery bars showing and no triangles
indicating presence of battery; no charging even though ac
power is present.
Overheated battery. The battery is too hot to charge. Not
necessarily a defective battery.
Hard disk drive, CD-ROM drive, or any plug-in module
drive The OmniBook is accessing one of these internal
drives.
Floppy disk drive. The OmniBook is accessing the floppy
disk drive.
PC Card. There is activity between the PC Card and the
computer.
Caps Lock. Caps Lock is active.
Num Lock. Num Lock is active.
Keypad Lock. The built-in embedded keypad is active
(Fn+F8). Num Lock must also be on for the numeric keys.
Otherwise, the cursor keys are active. See
embedded keypad."
Scroll Lock. Scroll Lock is active (Fn+NmLk).
"To use the
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