Gateway M500 - Manual (Page 84)

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Chapter 6: Using Installed Programs and Utilities
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To set a password:
1
Use the up arrow and down arrow keys to highlight a password parameter
(Setup, Power-on, or Hard Disk) and press the Enter key. The password box
opens.
2
Type a password. The password can consist of as many as eight
alphanumeric characters (A-Z, a-z, 0-9).
3
Press Enter. The retype password box opens.
4
Retype the password to verify your first entry and press Enter.
After setting the password, your notebook automatically sets the chosen
password parameter to Present.
5
Press E SC to return to the main menu.
6
Press Esc. The following dialog box appears.
7
Select Yes and press Enter to save the password and exit the BIOS Setup
utility.
Important Be very careful when typing your password because the
characters do not appear on the screen.