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To delete or change an existing system password, perform the following steps:
1. Enter the System Setup program, and verify that the Password Status category
is set to Unlocked.
Enter the System Setup program by pressing the <Ctrl><Alt><Enter> key com-
bination. Press the <Alt><p> key combination to move to Page 2 of the System
Setup screens. For instructions on changing the setting for Password
Status,
see Password Status found earlier in this chapter.
2. Reboot your system to force it to prompt you for a system password.
3. When prompted, type the system password.
4. Press the <Ctrl><Enter> key combination to disable the existing system pass-
word, instead of pressing <Enter> to continue with the normal operation of
your system.
5. Confirm that Not Enabled is displayed for the System Password category of
the System Setup program.
If Not Enabled appears in the System Password category, the system pass-
word has been deleted. If you want to assign a new password, continue to
step 6. If Not Enabled
is
not
displayed for the System Password category,
press the <Alt><b> key combination to reboot the system, and then repeat
steps 3 through 5.
6. To assign a new password, follow the procedure in Assigning a System Pass-
word found earlier in this section.
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Your Dell system is shipped to you without the setup password feature enabled. If
system security is a concern, you should operate your system with setup password
protection.
You can assign a setup password, as described in the next subsection, Assigning a
Setup Password, whenever you use the System Setup program. After a setup
password is assigned, only those who know the password have full use of the
System Setup program.
To change an existing setup password, you must know the setup password (see
Deleting or Changing an Existing Setup Password found later in this section). If you
assign and later
forget
a setup password, you need to remove the computer cover to
change a jumper setting that disables the setup password feature (see Disabling a
Forgotten Password found later in this chapter). Note that you erase the
system
password
at the same time.
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