Enabling Quick Controls; Initiating Quick Controls; Using The Setup Password; Establishing The Setup Password - Compaq Armada e500 - Notebook PC Quick Reference Manual

Enabling Quick Controls

Windows 2000 Professional does not have this feature.
NOTE:
Quick Controls establish security measures on your computer
when it is on but not in use. After setting the power-on password
in Passwords Properties, the following Quick Controls can be
enabled or disabled:
To enable the Quick Controls:
1. Access Password Properties by selecting StartÅSettingsÅ
Control PanelÅPasswordsÅComputer Security tab.
2. Under the Quick Controls section, click in the box to enable
QuickLock, QuickBlank, or QuickLock on Suspend. An X in
the box indicates that QuickLock/QuickBlank is enabled.

Initiating Quick Controls

Windows 2000 Professional does not have this feature.
NOTE:
You can initiate QuickLock and QuickBlank at any time while the
computer is on. Before initiating these security features, the
following conditions must be met:
A power-on password must be established.
QuickLock and QuickBlank must be enabled.
Once these requirements are met, you can initiate QuickLock
and QuickBlank in two ways:
Using the Fn+F6 hotkeys, which work only on the computer
keyboard.
Using the key combination Ctrl+Alt+L, which works on both
the computer and external keyboards.
To exit QuickLock and QuickBlank once they have been initiated,
enter your power-on password.
QuickLock on Suspend cannot be initiated from the
NOTE:
keyboard.

Using the Setup Password

Establishing the Setup Password

The setup password prevents unauthorized users from changing
your computer configuration through Computer Setup.
13-8 Security Features