Personal Computer User's Guide

Using the System Setup Program 3-11
suppresses all error messages relating to the keyboard or to the keyboard controller
during POST. This setting does not affect the operation of the keyboard itself, if a key-
board is attached to the computer.
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System Password displays the current status of your system’s password security fea-
ture and allows you to assign and verify a new password. No one can assign a new
password unless the current status is Not Enabled, which is displayed in bright
characters.
The settings for System Password are:
 Not Enabled (the default)
 Enabled (appears after password has been assigned)
 Disabled By Jumper (appears only after the jumper plug has been removed from
the PSWD jumper on the system board)
To assign and enable a password, press the left- or right- arrow key, type the pass-
word, and press <Enter>. Then retype the password and press <Enter>. If the
system beeps when you press a key, the key is illegal for password use. Press the
<Esc> key to abort the password entry procedure.
To disable the system password, enter the password during system start-up but do
not press <Enter> to continue the system start-up sequence. Instead, simultaneously
press the <Ctrl> and <Enter> keys after typing the password.
To change the system password, disable the password (as described above), and then
enter the System Setup program and assign a new password.
NOTE: See “Using the System Password Feature” found later in this chapter for
detailed instructions on assigning a system password and using or changing an exist-
ing system password. See “Disabling a Forgotten Password” found later in this
chapter for instructions on disabling a forgotten system password.
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Password Status provides an extra measure of system security by letting you set the
system password to Locked.
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When Password Status is set to Unlocked, any user who already knows the system
password can disable the password at system start-up by using <Ctrl><Enter>—thus
(inadvertently or not) leaving the system without password protection.
When Password Status is set to
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Locked and a user tries to disable the password at
system start-up, the following message is displayed:
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