HP xw4200 Service And Technical Reference Manual page 56

If you enter the password incorrectly, a broken key icon appears. Try again. After three unsuccessful
tries, you must turn off the workstation, then turn it on again before you can continue.
CHANGING A POWER-ON OR SETUP PASSWORD
To change 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. To change the setup password, run Computer Setup.
2 To change the Power-On password, go to step 3.
To change the Setup password, wait for the
the screen. Once you see the prompt, press the F10 key to enter the F10 setup utility.
NOTE If you do not press the F10 key at the appropriate time, you must restart the workstation and try
again to access the utility.
3 When the key icon appears, type the current password, a slash (/) or alternate delimiter character,
your new password, another slash (/) or alternate delimiter character, and your new password again
as shown:
current password/new password/new password
NOTE Type carefully. For security reasons, the characters you enter do not appear on the screen.
4 Press Enter.
The new password takes effect the next time you turn on the workstation.
NOTE See the
delimiter characters. The power-on password and setup password can also be changed using the
Security options in Computer Setup.
56 SYSTEM MANAGEMENT
"National Keyboard Delimiter Characters" on page 58
prompt to appear on the lower right corner of
F10=Setup
for information about the alternate