Securing Your Notebook; To Set Up Password Protection; To Lock Your Notebook - HP Compaq Presario,Presario 2100 Reference Manual

Securing Your Notebook

Basic Operation
Securing Your Notebook

To set up password protection

You can protect your notebook from access by another user when you set up
password protection, which is available through Windows and through the BIOS
Setup utility. See details on the BIOS Setup Utility in the "Troubleshooting and
Maintenance" chapter. For complete protection, set passwords in Windows as well
as through BIOS Setup.
To cancel password protection, set an empty password.
Windows
1. Select Start > Control Panel > User Accounts > then select your account.
2. Select Create a Password and set the password.
3. Select Start > Control Panel > Performance and Maintenance > Power Options.
4. On the Advanced tab, select the option to prompt for a password when the
notebook exits Standby.

To lock your notebook

To protect against unauthorized access while your notebook is running, lock the
notebook before leaving it unattended, or set up a screen saver with a Windows
password. You can lock the notebook these ways:
If a One-Touch button is assigned to Quick Lock, press that button. The 5 One-
Touch buttons are located above the keyboard.
-or-
Press CTRL+ALT+DEL and select Lock Computer.
To unlock the notebook, follow your normal logon steps.
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