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Using a power-on password – Epson EQUITY 386/33 PLUS User Manual

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Using a Power-on Password

If you set a power-on password when you ran the SETUP

program, you must enter it every time you turn on or reset the

computer. Follow these steps to use your password:

1. If you do not have a hard disk, insert your system diskette in

drive A.

2. Turn on the computer or press RESET. After the computer

completes its memory test, the screen displays the

following prompt:

Enter

Password :

3. Type your password at the prompt. The screen does not

display the characters you type. Then press

After you type the password correctly and press

you see

the

Press to start SETUP prompt.

If you do not

press

the computer loads your operating system and

displays the command prompt.

If you do not enter the correct password the first time, press

and try again.

Note

If you turned on network server mode when you ran the

SETUP program, see “Using Your Computer as a Network

Server” in Chapter 2 for instructions on using the power-on

password.

If you want to change or delete your current password,

you must run the SETUP program. See Chapter 2 of the

Setup

Guide

for instructions. If you do not know the correct

password, see “Password Problems” in Appendix C.

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