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Setting a new password, D-11 – Epson 3865X Plus User Manual

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5.

If you do not have a hard disk, insert the Startup diskette in

drive A. Turn on the computer again. You do not see the

key prompt and the computer loads MS-DOS.

Later, if you want to create a power-on password, run Setup and
enter a password. The jumper is already in the correct position.

Disabling the password function

If you do not want to use a power-on password anymore, you
can disable the password function. However, if you want to use
the password function later, your old password is still stored as
the current password. If you want to be able to easily set a

password later, follow the instructions in “Disabling an Existing

Password” above.

To disable the password function, follow the instructions under

“Changing the Jumper Settings” in Chapter 5 to change the
setting of jumper J1 on the main system board to position B.

Setting a New Password

If you have forgotten your current power-on password and want
to set a new one, follow these steps:

1.

2.

3.

Turn off the computer and follow the instructions under

“Changing the Jumper Settings” in Chapter 5 to disable the

password function by setting jumper J1 to position B.

Insert the Reference diskette in drive A and turn on the
computer. You do not see the key prompt.

When the Operation Menu appears, highlight Set

up

and press

Enter.

Then follow the instructions under

“Setting the Power-on Password” in Chapter 2 to enter a

new password. (If you want to enable network server mode,
highlight

Network Server Mode

and

press

Enter

to turn on the function.)

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