Entering an administrator password
If an administrator password has been established on the computer, you will be prompted to enter it each
time you run Computer Setup (F10) Utility.
To enter an administrator password:
1. Restart the computer.
2. As soon as the computer is turned on, press and hold F10 until you enter Computer Setup (F10) Utility.
Press enter to bypass the title screen, if necessary.
If you do not press F10 at the appropriate time, you must restart the computer and press and hold F10
again to access the utility.
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 administrator 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
must restart the computer before you can continue.
National keyboard delimiter characters
Each keyboard meets country-specic requirements. The syntax and keys you use for changing or deleting
passwords depend on the keyboard included with the computer.
Language Delimiter Language Delimiter Language Delimiter
Arabic / Greek - Russian /
Belgian = Hebrew . Slovakian -
BHCSY
*
- Hungarian - Spanish -
Brazilian / Italian - Swedish/Finnish /
Chinese / Japanese / Swiss -
Czech - Korean / Taiwanese /
Danish - Latin American - Thai /
French ! Norwegian - Turkish .
French Canadian é Polish - U.K. English /
German - Portuguese - U.S. English /
*
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, and Yugoslavia
Clearing passwords
If you forget the password, you cannot access the computer.
For instructions about clearing passwords, see Conguring password security and resetting CMOS
on page 82.
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