Using The Password Function; Typing The Password - Epson ActionNote 4SLC/25 User Manual

Using the Password Function

The ActionNote provides password security for the entire
system or only the Setup program. This allows you to
safeguard all your data or only your Set-up configuration. The
password function is optional and you do not have to set a
password if you don't want to use one.
You use the Setup program to first enable or disable a
password and then define
If you enable the power-on password, you must enter it each
time you turn on or reset your computer. (Resetting the
computer is described later in this chapter.) The computer
prompts you for the password after it completes its power-on
diagnostics.
If you enable the Setup password, you must enter it before you
can use the Setup program. The computer prompts you for the
password after you press
Typing
the Password
You see this prompt when the password feature is activated:
Enter
Type the correct password and press
password, the screen does not display the characters you type.
If you do not type the correct password, the screen
and repeats the password prompt. Try typing the password
X
again.
The computer allows you three tries to enter it correctly. After
the third incorrect attempt, the system displays a blinking face
icon and locks up. You must reset the system to try again.
2-4 Using Your Computer
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(See Chapter 5 for instructions.)
to start Setup.
To protect your
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