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Locking your acer n50 – Acer n50 User Manual

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Locking your Acer n50

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2. While holding the Today and Messaging buttons, Using the tip of your stylus, lightly
press the reset button inside the hole (b) on the left side of your handheld.

NOTE:

When you perform a hard reset, formats, preferences, and other settings including

date and time are restored to their factory default settings. All data, records, and entries,
except for those stored in the ROM storage, will be erased.

Locking your Acer n50

Your handheld is not just a financial investment but a wealthy source of personal
information, some of which may be confidential so it is only logical to protect it from
any unauthorized access. The security setting of your handheld gives you the option
of assigning a lock password that will be required for access after a set period of
inactivity.

To assign a password

1

Tap ,

Settings.

2

On the Personal tab, tap Password.

3

Select a password option.

• Simple 4 digit password

• Strong alphanumeric password

4

Define the period of inactivity before the password will be required for access.

5

Enter password then retype it to confirm.