Deleting A Power-On Or Setup Password; National Keyboard Delimiter Characters - HP xw6400 Service And Technical Reference Manual

3. When the key icon appears, enter 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
screen.
4. Press Enter.
The new password takes effect the next time you turn on the workstation.
NOTE
alternate delimiter characters. The power-on password and setup password can also be changed
using the Security options in the Computer Setup (F10) Utility.

Deleting a power-on or setup password

1. Power on or restart the workstation.
2. To delete the power-on password, go to step 3.
To delete the Setup Password, as soon as the workstation is powered on, press and hold the
F10 key until you enter the Computer Setup (F10) Utility. Press
necessary.
NOTE
computer and press and hold the
Use the appropriate operating system shutdown process. To delete the setup password,
run the Computer Setup (F10) Utility.
3. When the key icon appears, enter your current password followed by a slash (/) or alternate
delimiter character as shown: current password/
4. Press Enter.
NOTE
about the alternate delimiter characters. The power-on password and setup password can also
be changed using the Security options in the Computer Setup (F10) Utility.

National keyboard delimiter characters

Each keyboard is designed to meet country-specific requirements. The syntax and keys that you use
for changing or deleting your password depend on the keyboard that came with your workstation.
Table 3-4 National keyboard delimiter characters
Language
Arabic
Belgian
BHCSY*
Brazilian
ENWW
Type carefully. For security reasons, the characters you enter do not appear on the
See a National keyboard delimiter characters on page 45
If you do not press the
See the National keyboard delimiter characters on page 45
Delimiter Language
/ Greek
= Hebrew
- Hungarian
/ Italian
F10 key at the appropriate time, you must restart the
F10 key again to access the utility.
Delimiter Language
- Russian
. Slovakian
- Spanish
- Swedish/Finnish
for information about the
Enter to bypass the title screen, if
section for information
Delimiter
/
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