Dell Latitude E5440 User's Guide download pdf (Page 41)

Access User Accounts from the Control Panel to create user accounts and add or change passwords.

After assigning a primary password, you must enter it each time you turn on your computer.

If you do not enter a password within 2 minutes, the computer returns to its previous operating state.

NOTE: If you disable the administrator password, the primary password is also disabled.

If you have assigned an administrator password, you can use it instead of the primary password. The

computer does not specifically prompt you for the administrator password.

Using an Administrator Password

The administrator password is designed to give system administrators or service technicians access to

computers for repair or re-configuration. The administrators or technicians can assign identical

administrator passwords to groups of computers, allowing you to assign a unique primary password.

To set or change administrator passwords, access User Accounts from the Control Panel.

When you set an administrator password, the Configure Setup option becomes available in the system

setup program. The Configure Setup option allows you to restrict access to system setup in the same

way that a primary password restricts access to the computer.

The administrator password can be used instead of the primary password. Whenever you are prompted

to enter the primary password, you can enter the administrator password.

NOTE: If you disable the administrator password, the primary password is also disabled.

NOTE: The administrator password provides access to the computer, but it does not provide access

to the hard drive when a hard-drive password is assigned.

If you forget the primary password and do not have an administrator password assigned, or if you have

both a primary and an administrator password assigned but forget them both, contact your system

administrator or contact Dell.

Using a Hard-Drive Password

The hard-drive password helps protect the data on your hard drive from unauthorized access. You can

also assign a password for an external hard drive (if one is being used) that can be the same as or different

from the password for the primary hard drive.

• After assigning a hard-drive password, you must enter it each time you turn on the computer and

each time you restore the computer to normal operation from standby mode.

• If the hard-drive password is enabled, you must enter it each time you turn on the computer: A

message appears asking for the hard-drive password.

• To continue, enter your password (with no more than eight characters) and press Enter.

• If you do not enter a password within 2 minutes, the computer returns to its previous operating state.

• If you enter the wrong password, a message tells you that the password is invalid. Press Enter to try

again.

• If you do not enter the correct password in three attempts, the computer tries to start from another

bootable device if the Boot First Device option in the system setup program is set to allow start-up

from another device. If the Boot First Device option is not set to allow the computer to start from

another device, the computer returns to the operating state it was in when you turned it on.

• If the hard-drive password, the external hard-drive password, and the primary password are the same,

the computer prompts you only for the primary password. If the hard-drive password is different from

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