Deleting a setup or power-on password
Use this procedure to delete a password.
To delete the power-on or setup password, complete the following steps:
1. Turn on or restart the computer.
To delete the Setup password, go to step 2.
To delete the Power-on password, go to step 3.
2. To delete the Setup password, as soon as the computer turns on:
- Press esc while the “Press the ESC key for Startup Menu” message is displayed.
- Press f10 to enter Computer Setup.
3. When the key icon appears, type your current password, a slash (/) or alternate delimiter character, your
new password, another slash (/) or alternate delimiter character, and your new password again as shown:
current password/
4. Press enter.
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