Entering A Setup Password; Changing A Power-On Or Setup Password - HP Xw6600 - Workstation - 2 GB RAM Technical Reference Manual

If you enter the password incorrectly, a broken key icon appears. Try again. After three
unsuccessful tries, you must restart the workstation before you can continue.

Entering a Setup Password

If a setup password has been established on the workstation, you are prompted to enter it when you
run the Computer Setup (F10) Utility.
To enter a setup password:
1. Restart the workstation.
2. As soon as the workstation is powered on, press and hold
(F10) Utility.
Press Enter
If you do not
hold F10
If you are using a PS 2 keyboard, you might see a keyboard error message. Disregard it.
3. When the key icon appears on the monitor, enter the setup password, and press Enter.
Type carefully. For security reasons, the characters you enter do not appear on the screen.
If you enter the password incorrectly, a broken key icon appears. Try again. After three
unsuccessful tries, you will enter the F10 Setup screen with read-only permission. See F10

Changing a power-on or setup password

1. Restart the workstation.
2. To change the power-on password, go to step 4.
3. To change the setup password, as soon as the workstation is powered on, press and hold
you enter the Computer Setup (F10) Utility.
Press Enter
If you do not press
and hold
If you are using a PS 2 keyboard, you might see a keyboard error message—disregard it.
4. When the key icon appears, enter the current password, a slash (/) or alternative delimiter
character, your new password, another slash (/) or alternative delimiter character, and your new
password again as shown:
current password/new password/new password
For information about the alternative delimiter characters, see
characters on page
Type carefully. For security reasons, the characters you enter do not appear on the screen.
5. Press Enter.
The new password takes effect the next time you power on the workstation.
You can also change the power-on and setup passwords using the Security options in the Computer
Setup (F10) Utility.
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to bypass the title screen, if necessary.
pressF10 at the appropriate time, you must restart the workstation and press and
again to access the utility.
to bypass the title screen, if necessary.
F10 at the appropriate time, you must restart the workstation, and then press
F10 again to access the utility.
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F10 until you enter the Computer Setup
National keyboard delimiter
Workstation management
F10 until
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