HP ProtectTools password guidelines - White Paper
8 
Keyboard Layout 
Windows 
BIOS 
Drive Encryption 
× keys are rejected. 
On the second row, the å, ®, þ 
keys are rejected. 
On the third row, the á, ð, ø 
keys are rejected. 
On the bottom row, the æ key is 
rejected. 
Czech 
The ğ key is rejected. 
The į key is rejected. 
The ų key is rejected. 
The ė ı ż keys are rejected. 
The ģ ķ ļ ņ ŗ keys are rejected 
Slovakian 
The ż key is rejected 
The š, ś, ş keys are 
rejected when typed, but 
accepted with the soft 
keyboard. 
The ţ dead key 
generates two 
characters. 
Hungarian 
The ż key is rejected 
The ţ key generates two 
characters. 
Slovenian 
żŻ key is rejected in Windows  
and BIOS alt gr dead key 
ú, Ú, ů, Ů, ş, Ş, ś, Ś, š, 
and Š keys are rejected 
in BIOS. 
Login is possible with 
soft keyboard for all 
keys. 









