Security
Hardware and Software Guide
12–9
HP AdministratorPasswords
The HP administratorpassword protects the configuration settings
and system identification information in the Setup utility. After
this password is set, it must be entered to access the Setup utility.
The HP administrator password
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Is not interchangeable with a Windows administrator
password, although both can use the same word or series
of letters and numbers.
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Can include any combination of up to 8 letters and numbers
and is not case sensitive.
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Does not display as it is set, entered, changed, or deleted.
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Must be set and entered with the same keys. For example,
an HP administrator password set with keyboard number
keys will not be recognized if you enter it with embedded
numeric keypad number keys.
For more information about the system identification information
in the Setup utility, refer to
“System Information”
in
Chapter 13,
“Setup Utility.”
