HP 2230s - Compaq Business Notebook Guidelines

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Password change on different keyboard layouts may have
potential issues
Ifthepasswordisinitiallysetwithonekeyboardlayout–e.g.USEnglish(409)
andthentheuserchangesthepasswordusingadifferentbutalsosupported
keyboardlayout–e.g.LatinAmerican(080A),thepasswordchangewillworkin
DriveEncryptionbutwillfailinBIOSiftheuserusescharacterswhichexiston
thelatter(sayē)butnotontheformer.
Note:thisissueisworkedbythedevteamandmaybefixedinthelaterrelease.
AsimplesolutiontothisproblemistoremovetheuserinquestionfromHP
ProtectToolsbyrunningtheHPProtectToolsManageUsersapplicationto
removetheuserfromHPProtectTools.Then,itispossibletoruntheGetting
Startedwizardagainforthesameuser,ensuringthatthedesiredkeyboard
layoutisselectedintheOSpriortorunningthewizard.Thisway,theBIOS
storesthedesiredkeyboardlayout,andpasswordsthatcanbetypedonthis
keyboardlayoutwillbeproperlysetintheBIOS.
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Anotherpotentialissueistheuseofdifferentkeyboardlayoutsthatcanall
producethesamecharacters.Forexample,boththeU.S.Internationalkeyboard
layout(20409)andtheLatinAmericankeyboardlayout(80A)canproducethe
character,é,thoughdifferentkeystrokesequencesmightberequired.Ifa
passwordisinitiallysetwiththeLatinAmericankeyboardlayout,thenthe
LatinAmericankeyboardlayoutissetintheBIOS,evenifthepasswordis
subsequentlychangedusingtheU.S.Internationalkeyboardlayout.
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Special Key Handling
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 Chinese,Slovakian,CanadianFrench,Czech,Korean
Whenauserselectsoneoftheabovekeyboardlayoutsandentersa
password(e.g.abcdef),thesamepasswordhastobeenteredwithashift
keyforlowercaseandtheshiftkeyandcapkeyforuppercaseinPreboot
BIOSandDriveEncryption.
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Note:
Some standard Asian keyboards don’t allow numeric characters. In these cases if a
user tries to enter a number for password, it will be rejected on the following keyboards.
· Chinese Bopomofo
· Japanese
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HP 2230s - Compaq Business Notebook Specifications

General

Processor	Intel Core 2 Duo
RAM	Up to 4 GB DDR2
Operating System	Windows Vista Business
Battery	6-cell Lithium-Ion
Screen Resolution	1280 x 800
Storage	Up to 250GB HDD
Graphics	Intel GMA X3100
Weight	1.59 kg
Chipset	Intel GM965 Express
Optical Drive	DVD±RW
Wireless	802.11a/b/g
Bluetooth	Bluetooth 2.0
Audio	High Definition Audio
Ports	3 USB 2.0, VGA, RJ-45, headphone/microphone jacks
Card Reader	5-in-1
Webcam	Optional