Altos User's Guide

Setting and changing the password

To set or change a Supervisor/User password:

1 Enable the Supervisor Password or User Password parameter in the

System Security menu by pressing the Up or Down arrow key to

select Present. The corresponding password window appears:

Supervisor Password window

User Password window

2 Type a password then press Enter. The password may consist of up

to seven alphanumeric characters.

Note: Be careful when typing your password because the actual

characters do not appear on the screen; password characters

appear as asterisks (*).

3 Retype the password to verify your first entry then press Enter.

4 Highlight the “Set or Change Password” option then press

Enter.

5Press Esc to return to the System Security screen.

6Press Esc to exit Setup. The Exit Setup screen appears.

7 Choose “Yes” to save your settings and exit Setup. Your password

will be saved to CMOS.

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