Desktop Management Guide

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Entering a Setup Password

If a setup password has been established on the computer, you will be

prompted to enter it each time you run Computer Setup.

1. Turn on or restart the computer. If you are in Windows, click

Start > Shut Down > Restart the Computer.

2. When the F10 = Setup message appears in the lower-right corner

of the screen, press the

F10 key.

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If you do not press the F10 key while the message is displayed, you

must restart the computer to access the utility.

3. When the key icon appears on the monitor, type the setup

password, then press the

Enter key.

✎

Type carefully; for security reasons, the characters you type do not

appear on the screen.

If you enter the password incorrectly, a broken key icon appears. Try

again. After three unsuccessful tries, you must turn off the computer,

then turn it on again before you can continue.