Entering A Power-On Password; Entering A Setup Password; Changing A Power-On Or Setup Password - HP Xw9400 - Workstation - 16 GB RAM Reference Manual

Entering a power-on password

To enter a power-on password:
1. Power on or restart the workstation.
2. When the key icon appears on the monitor, enter the current password, and press Enter.
NOTE: 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 must restart the workstation before you can continue.

Entering a setup password

If a setup password has been established on the workstation, you will be prompted to enter it each time
you run the Computer Setup Utility.
To enter a setup password:
1. Power on or restart the workstation.
2. As soon as the screen illuminates, press and hold the
Utility. Press
NOTE:
and press and hold the
If you are using a PS2 keyboard, disregard the keyboard error message that might appear.
3. When the key icon appears on the monitor, enter the setup password, and press Enter.
NOTE: 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 must restart the workstation, before you can continue.

Changing a power-on or setup password

To change a power-on or setup password:
1. Power on or restart the workstation.
2. As soon as the screen illuminates, press and hold the
Utility. Press
NOTE:
and hold the
If you are using a PS2 keyboard, disregard the keyboard error message that might appear.
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 power on the workstation.
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Enter to bypass the title screen, if necessary.
If you do not press the F10 key at the appropriate time, you must restart the workstation
F10 key again to access the utility.
Enter to bypass the title screen, if necessary.
If you do not press F10 at the appropriate time, you must restart the workstation and press
F10 key again to access the utility.
Type carefully. For security reasons, the characters you enter do not appear on the
F10 key until you enter the Computer Setup
F10 key until you enter the Computer Setup
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