Disabling A Forgotten Password; Password Options; Responding To Error Messages; Table 4-2. Password Options - Dell 4100 User Manual

Disabling a Forgotten Password

If you forget your user or supervisor password, you can-
not operate your system or change settings in the System
Setup program, respectively, until a trained service tech-
nician opens the computer chassis, changes the password
jumper setting to disable the passwords, and erases the
existing passwords. This procedure is described in "Dis-
abling a Forgotten Password" in Appendix C of the
Installation and Troubleshooting Guide.

Password Options

Table 4-2 lists several ways the supervisor and user pass-
word and the
PASSWORD ON BOOT
to provide security for your system.
Supervisor User
Password Password
Enabled Disabled
Enabled Disabled
1
The system always requests a password at boot if the user password is enabled.
2
The user can change only the
sor password is entered.
3
If you press <ESC> at the setup password prompt, you can access System Setup, but can change only the categories described
in note 2 above.
category can be used

Table 4-2. Password Options

Password Boot
1
on Boot Prompt
Enabled Yes
Disabled No
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DATE TIME NUM LOCK
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esponding to Error Messages
If an error message appears on your monitor screen while
the system is booting, make a note of the message. Then,
before entering the System Setup program, refer to
Chapter 3, "Messages and Codes," in your Installation
and Troubleshooting Guide for an explanation of the
message and suggestions for correcting any errors. (An
exception to this routine: It is normal to receive an error
message the first time you boot your system after a mem-
ory upgrade is installed. In that situation, follow the
instructions beginning with step 5 of "Performing a
Memory Upgrade" in Chapter 8 of the Installation and
Troubleshooting Guide.)
If you are given the option of pressing either <
tinue or < > to run the System Setup program, press the
F2
< > key.
F2
Setup
Prompt
3
Yes
3
Yes
, , and
SPEAKER SET USER PASSWORD
Using the System Setup Program
Comments
You are prompted for a password at
boot and for access to System Setup.
The supervisor password must be
entered for system to boot. The super-
visor password must be entered at
setup prompt for full use
Setup.
Your are not prompted for a password
at boot. The supervisor password must
be entered at setup prompt for full
2
use of System Setup.
categories unless the supervi-
> to con-
F1
2
of System
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