After you have entered and verified the password, the privileged-access password
icon flashes and changes to the locked position to indicate that your computer now
requires the password you just entered before running system programs.
Note: If you
forget
the power-on password, you have to remove the battery for at
least 30 seconds to disable this password. See “Battery” on page 6-38 for
details.
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