Acer 2700 - Manual (Page 52)

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Note: When you are prompted to enter a password, you have three tries before the system halts. Don’t forget
your password. If you forget your password, you may have to return your notebook computer to your dealer to
reset it.
Setting a password
Follow these steps as you set the user or the supervisor password:
1. Use the w andy keys to highlight the Set Supervisor Password parameter and press the e key. The
Set Supervisor Password box appears:
2. Type a password in the “Enter New Password” field. The password length can not exceeds 8
alphanumeric characters (A-Z, a-z, 0-9, not case sensitive). Retype the password in the “Confirm New
Password” field.
IMPORTANT:Be very careful when typing your password because the characters do not appear on the screen.
3. Press e.
After setting the password, the computer sets the User Password parameter to “Set”.
4. If desired, you can opt to enable the Password on boot parameter.
5. When you are done, press u to save the changes and exit the BIOS Setup Utility.
Set HDD Password This feature is available to uwer when
Supervisor is set. Password can be written
on HDD only when Supervisor password or
user password is set and password on HDD
is set to enabled. Supervisor Password is
written to HDD only when Supervisor
password is being set. User password is
written to HDD when both passwords are
set. When both Supervisor and user
passwords are present, both passwords can
unlock the HDD. Disabled or Enabled
Password on Boot Define whether a password is required or
not while the events defined in this group
happened. The following sub-options are all
requires the Supervis or password for
changes and should be grayed out if the
user password was used to enter setup. Disabled or Enabled
Parameter Description Option