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Change your passwords at least every three months.
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An ideal password is long and has letters, punctuation, symbols, and numbers.
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Before you send your computer for service, back up your files, delete confidential files, and then
remove all password settings.
For additional information about Windows passwords, such as screen-saver passwords, from the
Start screen, type h, and then select Help and Support from the list of applications.
Setting Windows passwords
Password Function
User password Protects access to a Windows user account. You may also
set up your computer to require the user password to exit
Sleep. See
Setting password protection on wakeup
on page 37 for more information.
Administrator password Protects administrator-level access to computer contents.
NOTE: This password cannot be used to access Setup
Utility (BIOS) contents.
Setting Setup Utility (BIOS) passwords
Password Function
Administrator password
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Must be entered each time you access Setup Utility
(BIOS).
● If you forget your administrator password, you cannot
access Setup Utility (BIOS).
NOTE: The administrator password can be used in place of
the power-on password.
NOTE: Your administrator password is not interchangeable
with an administrator password set in Windows, nor is it
displayed as it is set, entered, changed, or deleted.
NOTE: If you enter the power-on password at the first
password check before the “Press the ESC key for Startup
Menu” message is displayed, you must enter the
administrator password to access Setup Utility (BIOS).
Power-on password ● Must be entered each time you turn on or restart the
computer.
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If you forget your power-on password, you cannot turn
on or restart the computer.
NOTE: The administrator password can be used in place of
the power-on password.
NOTE: A power-on password is not displayed as it is set,
entered, changed, or deleted.
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