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HP Vectra VE 5/series 2 User Manual

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User Password

The User Password provides these security features:

a power-on password prompt to prevent your PC being started in your absence

a keyboard lock timer which you can use to lock your PC after a specified number of
minutes of keyboard inactivity

screen blanking to conceal confidential data when the PC is locked.

System Administrator Password

Set the System Administrator Password to protect the PC’s configuration in Setup. The PC can
be started, but the System Administrator Password must be entered before any Setup options
(except User Preferences) can be modified.

SETTING A PASSWORD

1

Turn on the PC and the display.

If the PC is already turned on, exit all applications and then press [CTRL] [ALT] and
[DELETE] to restart the PC.

2

When

appears on the screen press