User Manual Desktop PC Equity 286 PLUS

Using a Password
If you set a password when you ran the SETUP program, you
must enter it every time you turn on the computer or press the
RESET
button. Follow these steps to use your password:
1.
If you do not have a hard disk, insert your Startup diskette
in drive A.
2.
Turn on the computer or press
RESET.
After your computer
completes its memory test, the screen displays the following
prompt:
Password :
3.
Type your password at the prompt. The screen does not
display the characters you type. Then press Enter.
After you type the password correctly and press
Enter,
you see
the
Press <Del>
to
start SETUP prompt.Ifyou
do not press Del, the computer loads MS-DOS and displays the
MS-DOS command prompt.
If you do not enter the correct password the first time, press
Enter
and try again.
If
you
want to change or delete your current password, you must
run the SETUP program and either enter a new password or set
the password option to
Not
ins t al1ed.
See Chapter 2 for
instructions.
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Using Your Computer