Using the EISA Configuration Utility 5-15NOTES: The user password feature recognizes keyswithout distinguishing between shifted and unshiftedcharacters or uppercase and lowercase letters. Forexample, if you have an M in your password, the sys-tem recognizes either M or m as correct.Certain key combinations are not valid. If you enterone of these combinations, the computer’s speakerbeeps.6. Press .A new dialog box with a Verify user pass-word prompt and an empty seven-character fieldappears on the screen.7. To confirm your user password, type it again andpress .The User Password category indicates Enabled.Your user password is now set, but it does notbecome operational until you save the configurationand exit the utility.Deleting an Existing User PasswordTo delete an existing user password, perform the follow-ing steps:1. Start the EISA Configuration Utility as describedin “Starting the EISA Configuration Utility”found earlier in this chapter.2. At the Main Menu, select Configure Computer.When the system prompts you for a supervisor pass-word, type the password and press .3. At the Steps in Configuring Your Computermenu, select Step 3: View or Edit Details.4. Select the User Password category, and press.A dialog box with an Enter user passwordprompt and an empty seven-character field appearson the screen.5. Press .A new dialog box with a Verify user pass-word prompt and an empty seven-character fieldappears on the screen.6. Press .You are returned to the Main menu, where the UserPassword category now indicates Not Enabled.Disabling a Forgotten PasswordIf you forget your user or supervisor password, you cannotoperate your system or change settings in the SystemSetup program, respectively, until a trained service techni-cian opens the computer chassis, changes the passwordjumper setting to disable the passwords, and erases theexisting passwords. See “Disabling a Forgotten Password”in Appendix C of the Installation and TroubleshootingGuide for information on this procedure.
