User`s guide

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Keeping Your Files Safe
User-level passwords
computer continues with its normal startup procedure. If you enter
an incorrect password, the computer beeps. After three incorrect
attempts, the system turns off automatically.
If you’ve forgotten your password and you have a password
service diskette:
1 Connect your diskette drive. For instructions, see
“Connecting an external diskette drive” on page 64 or
“Inserting a module into the Slim SelectBay®” on
page 73, depending upon the type of diskette drive you have.
2 Turn on the computer.
The system prompts you for your password.
3 Insert the password service diskette into the diskette drive and
press
Enter.
The system prompts you, “
Set Password Again (Y/N)?”
CAUTION: The password service diskette is not reusable.
Once you use it, you must create a new diskette, even if you
set the same password.
4 To enter System Setup and reset your password, press
Y.
Follow the instructions in “Setting a user-level password in
System Setup” on page 183 to reset your password.
To remove your password, press
N. It will no longer be
registered.
Using the instant (user-level) password
An instant password secures your system with a single keystroke.
Use this feature when you need to leave your desk for a few
minutes and don’t want to turn off the computer.
To use an instant password, press
Fn and F1 simultaneously.
Pressing this hot key freezes the keyboard and AccuPoint II and