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Deleting a power-on or setup password, National keyboard delimiter characters, Clearing passwords – HP XW3400 User Manual

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Deleting a power-on or Setup password

If the system is equipped with an embedded security device, refer to the HP ProtectTools Security Manager

Guide at

www.hp.com

.

1

.

Turn on or restart the workstation. If you are in Windows, click Start > Shut Down > Restart the

Computer.

2

.

To delete the Power-On password, go to step 3.

To delete the Setup password, as soon as the workstation is turned on, press

F10

when the monitor

light turns green to enter Computer Setup. Press

Enter

to bypass the title screen, if necessary.

NOTE:

If you do not press

F10

at the appropriate time, you must restart the workstation and again

press

F10

when the monitor light turns green to access the utility.

3

.

When the key icon appears, type the current password followed by a slash (/) or alternate delimiter

character as shown: current password/

4

.

Press

Enter

.

NOTE:

Refer to

National keyboard delimiter characters on page 40

for information about the

alternate delimiter characters. The power-on password and setup password may also be changed

using the Security options in Computer Setup.

National keyboard delimiter characters

Each keyboard is designed to meet country-specific requirements. The syntax and keys that you use to

change or delete the password depend on the keyboard that came with the workstation.

National Keyboard Delimiter Characters

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.S. English

/

German

-

Portuguese

-

* For Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, and Yugoslavia

Clearing passwords

If you forget the password, you cannot access the workstation. Refer to the Troubleshooting Guide on

the Documentation and Diagnostics CD for instructions on clearing passwords.

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