Acer TravelMate 340 Laptop User Manual


 
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Setting a password
Follow these steps:
1. Use the cursor up/down keys to highlight a Password parameter (Setup,
Power-on or Hard Disk) and press the
Enter
key. The password box appears:
2. Type a password. The password may consist of up to seven characters (A-Z,
a-z, 0-9).
Important!
Be very careful when typing your password because the
characters do not appear on the screen.
3. Press
Enter
. Retype the password to verify your first entry and press
Enter
.
After setting the password, the computer automatically sets the chosen password
parameter to Present.
Removing a password
Should you decide to remove a password, do the following:
1. Use the
cursor up/down
keys to highlight a Password parameter (Setup,
Power-on or Hard Disk).
2. Use the
cursor left
or
cursor right
key to remove the password.
Note:
When you want to remove the Hard Disk password, you are prompted
for the Hard Disk password before it is removed.
Changing a password
To change a password, follow these steps:
1. Remove the current password. See “Removing a password” on page 96.
2. Set a new password. See “Setting a password” on page 96.