Latitude password set

[luap]

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I have a Latitude LS and want to set a Power-On password. The thing that
stops me is that when you enter BIOS and set it to "enable" it doesn't
ask for your password. I am frightened of being locked out when I
reboot. Will I be able to set the password when I power on next time?
Thanks
Lua

 

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"Luap" <lulu@luapInc.com> wrote in message news:425bcec9@x-privat.org...
>I have a Latitude LS and want to set a Power-On password. The thing that
>stops me is that when you enter BIOS and set it to "enable" it doesn't ask
>for your password. I am frightened of being locked out when I reboot. Will
>I be able to set the password when I power on next time?
> Thanks
> Lua


Scroll down this page and there are specific instructions:

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/Systems/latls/en/ug/setupopt.htm


Stew

 

[luap]

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S.Lewis wrote:
> "Luap" <lulu@luapInc.com> wrote in message news:425bcec9@x-privat.org...
>
>>I have a Latitude LS and want to set a Power-On password. The thing that
>>stops me is that when you enter BIOS and set it to "enable" it doesn't ask
>>for your password. I am frightened of being locked out when I reboot. Will
>>I be able to set the password when I power on next time?
>>Thanks
>>Lua
>
>
>
> Scroll down this page and there are specific instructions:
>
> http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/Systems/latls/en/ug/setupopt.htm
>
>
> Stew
>

Thanks, I already knew how to enable it. The problem is that unlike the
other passwords (eg. hard disk) it doesn't ask you to type the password.
I'm worried that it will be a default password on reboot, effectively
locking me out.
Lua