Deleting The User Passwords; Changing The User Password - Lenovo ThinkPad User Manual

Deleting the User Passwords

You can delete all User Passwords by doing the following:
1. Enter the Admin Mode.
2. Press and hold 7 + 8 +
blue intermittently. After the indicator light flashes green three times and
then blue intermittently.
3. Press and hold 7 + 8 +
light goes on solid green for three seconds and then back to solid blue, this
indicates that the User Passwords were deleted successfully.

Changing the User Password

You can change the User Password by doing the following:
1. Enter the User Mode.
2. Press and hold + 1 for five seconds until the indicator light flashes red.
3. Enter the current User Password and press
green for three seconds, and then it will flash blue intermittently.
Note: If the indicator light flashes red intermittently, go back to Step 2.
This is due to one of the following conditions:
v You waited longer than 10 seconds before entering a password.
v The new password was entered incorrectly.
4. Enter the new password (a minimum of 6 digits and a maximum of 16
digits) and press . The indicator light flashes green three times and then
blue intermittently.
Note: If the indicator light flashes red three times, this indicates that the
password is less than 6 digits or more than 16 digits. Enter a
password that contains 6 – 16 digits after the indicator light flashes
blue intermittently.
5. Re-enter the new password and press
solid green, this indicates that the User Password was changed successfully.
Note: If the indicator light flashes red three times and then blue
intermittently, go back to Step 4. This is due to one of the following
conditions:
v You waited longer than 10 seconds before entering a password.
v The new password was entered incorrectly.
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for five seconds until the indicator light flashes
a second time for five seconds until the indicator
. The indicator light turns
. When the indicator light stays