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Passwords must:
• Be between 8 and 32 characters long.
• Contain both upper and lower case Latin characters (e.g. A, a, B, b).
• Have at least one digit character (e.g. 0, 1, 2, … 9).
• Have at least one 7-bit ASCII non-alphanumeric character with an ASCII value between 33d and
126d that is not part of the invalid character list below.
Examples of valid characters include:
•Exclamation !
•At @
•Number #
•Dollar $
•Percent %
•Caret ^
•Asterisk *
The underscore '_' is considered alpha-numeric.
The following characters are not allowed:
• Quotation mark "
• Apostrophe '
• Comma ,
• Greater than >
•Less than <
•Colon :
•Ampersand &
• Space
BIOS Prerequisite
This white paper is for use with HP Compaq dc7900 Business PCs. The HP Compaq dc7900 Business PC
uses the 786G1 BIOS family.
For best performance and to take advantage of AMT 5.0 features, make sure HP Compaq dc7900 PCs
h a v e a B I O S r e v i s i o n o f a t l e a s t v e r s i o n 1. 0 8 a n d a M E f i r m w a r e o f a t l e a s t 5 . 0 .1.1111 a n d a M E B x o f a t
least version 5.0.5.0008.
The system BIOS and the ME firmware must be updated individually. Refer to the BIOS Flash white paper
at www.hp.com for more information about flashing the system BIOS and ME firmware.