Acer 4000M Laptop User Manual


 
Setting Up a Password
The computer provides the Password utility to limit access
to your computer to only those who know the password.
The password is valid until you remove or change it.
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Be sure to select a password that you can remember. If
you forget your password, you will not be able to access
files. If this occurs, contact TI Technical Support. You
will be required to send your computer to the TI manu-
facturing facility for service. This service is not cov-
ered by warranty.
Loading the Password Utility
1. The Password utility is located on the System Recovery
diskette provided with your notebook. To load this
utility, insert the diskette into the floppy drive and go
to the MS-DOS A: prompt. Type
INST_PW
The password is automatically installed in the following
directory:
C:\UTILS\PASSWORD
2. At the MS-DOS
C:\> prompt, type
UTILS\PASSWORD\PW
and press ENTER. The Password Utility menu ap-
pears. From this menu you can install, change or re-
move a password, or you can exit the menu.
3. To select a Password command, press the initial
character of the prompt, or press or to highlight to
the desired command, and then press ENTER.
Setting Up a Password
Installing and Using Applications 2-11