User`s guide

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Keeping Your Files Safe
User-level passwords
The computer shuts down and turns itself off.
HINT: Run System Setup outside Windows, at a system
prompt. If you try to run System Setup from an MS-DOS
session under Windows, results can be unpredictable.
2 Hold down the
Esc key and press and hold the power button in
until the on/off light on the system indicator panel turns on
(green)—about one second. When you receive the following
message: “Check system. Then press [F1] key,” press
F1.
System Setup displays a setup screen.
3 Press
P to move to the PASSWORD section of the screen.
4 Press the spacebar.
System Setup asks you to enter a new password.
5 Press
Enter.
6 When System Setup prompts you to do so, verify the
password by pressing
Enter.
7 Press
End to save your change.
System Setup asks you to confirm your choice.
8 Press
Y to confirm you want to quit.
System Setup closes, returning you to the system prompt. The
next time you start the computer your password will be
disabled.
Using the power-on (user-level) password
Whenever you start your computer with a power-on (user-level)
password in effect, the computer prompts you to enter the
password before it goes through its normal startup procedure.
When your computer prompts you to enter your password, type it
in and press
Enter. If you enter the password correctly, the
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