To Use Password Protection - HP OmniBook 800 User Manual

By recording your name and other information under PC Identification, you
identify your OmniBook as belonging to you. This information is always
displayed when the computer is restarted (rebooted).
To view your PC Identification, click Start, HP User Tools, Information
tab, OmniBook PC Identification.
To record and change the PC Identification, you must use the
Configuration Utility.

To use password protection

Password security protects access to your OmniBook. If you use password
security, you must enter the password at certain times (defined in Password
Options). On some OmniBook models (those with hard-drive security), your
password protects your hard disk even if the hard disk is installed in another
computer.
Caution
Be sure you record your password in a safe place. To restore
operation if you forget your password, you'll have to call Hewlett-
Packard at the number in the Service and Support booklet or online in
OmniBook Support, OmniBook Library.
To set or delete a password
1. Open the System Configuration
2. Open System menu, Passwords (Press ALT, S, P.)
3. Select Password Options to set the conditions for using a password. See
the descriptions below.
4. Select Set Admin Password or Set User Password to specify the
passwords. See the descriptions below.
To delete a password, repeat this procedure, leaving the New Password line
blank.
Password Types
User password. A user password can control access to your OmniBook
when turning it on, undocking it, or changing certain settings.
Admin password. An administrator password allows access to
everything protected by the user password. In addition, you (or your
systems administrator) can protect the PC Identification information with
the administrator password only, thereby preventing an individual user
(with only a user password) from changing the PC Identification.
Password Options
This symbol means a password has locked access to
the system. Type the password to gain access.
Utility.
System
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