Assigning A Setup Password; Deleting Or Changing An Existing Setup Password; Disabling A Forgotten Password - Dell OptiPlex E1 Reference And Installation Manual

If you want to assign a new system password, follow the procedure in "Assigning a
System Password" found earlier in this section.
Your Dell system is shipped to you without the setup password feature enabled. If
system security is a concern, you should operate your system with setup password
protection.
You can assign a setup password, as described in the next subsection, "Assigning a
Setup Password," whenever you use the System Setup program. After a setup
password is assigned, only those who know the password have full use of the Sys-
tem Setup program.
To change an existing setup password, you must know the setup password (see
"Deleting or Changing an Existing Setup Password" found later in this section). If you
assign and later forget a setup password, you need to remove the computer cover to
change a jumper setting that disables the setup password feature (see "Disabling a
Forgotten Password" found later in this chapter). Note that you erase the system
password at the same time.
A setup password can be assigned (or changed) only when the Setup Password cate-
gory is set to Not Enabled. To assign a setup password, follow these steps:
If a character is illegal for password use, the system emits a beep.
The setup password is now assigned. The Setup Password category changes
from Not Enabled to Enabled.
NOTES: The setup password can be the same as the system password.
If the two passwords are different, the setup password can be used as an alternate
system password. However, the system password cannot be used in place of the
setup password.
After you verify the password, the Setup Password setting changes to Enabled. The
next time you enter the System Setup program, the system prompts you for the
setup password.
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