In Windows: 1. In Program Manager, double-click the OmniBook Tools icon (in the Main group). 2. Click Password. If you’re prompted, type your current password and choose OK. 3. Click Set User Password. 4. Type your new password—it can contain up to eight characters—then press TAB . The display shows * for each character in your password. Leave the box empty if you want no password. Hint: Before you type a password, check the status of Num Lock—normally, you’d want it off so you can type letters. 5. Type the new password again (in the Verify box), then choose OK. 6. Select or clear the User Password Required options you want. See below. 7. Choose OK to activate the changes.
You have four choices for password security, as indicated by the Password Required options: Always At Turn-On You must enter your password every time you turn on the OmniBook—even if it turned itself off after a period of inactivity. At Turn-On After FN+OFF The only time you must enter your password is when you turn on the OmniBook after you deliberately turned it off by pressing FN+ On/Off. (If you turned it off with just On/Off, you’re not prompted for your password.) To Undock You must enter your password each time you undock the OmniBook from a docking station.
To Save Setup Changes You must enter your password every time you save changes in the System Configuration utility or OmniBook Tools. To remove your password, click Set Password and leave the New Password box empty. In DOS or another operating system 1. I mportant : Save all your work—you will be rebooting your OmniBook. 2. Press FN+F2 to start the System Configuration utility. 3. Choose Passwords from the System menu, then choose Set User Password. 4. Type your new password—it can contain up to eight characters—then press TAB . The display shows * for each character in your password. Leave the box empty if you want no password. Hint:
Before you type a password, check the status of Num Lock—normally, you’d want it off so you can type letters. 5. Type the new password again (in the Verify line), then choose OK. 6. Choose Passwords from the System menu, then choose Password option. 7. Select or clear the User Password Required options you want—they’re explained below—then choose OK. 8. Choose Save and Reboot from the Exit menu, then choose OK in the Save and Reboot dialog box. You have four choices for password security, as indicated by the Password Required options: Turn On, Always 25