Clearing tablet pc security – Motion Computing M1200 User Manual

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Chapter 4 Using Your Motion M1200 and M1300 Tablet PCs

Motion Computing M1200 and M1300 Tablet PC User Guide 53

10.If you have finished setting up a password, tap Exit or press the Esc

key on the Tablet PC to exit the PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility.

11.When you exit, you’re prompted to select from the

following options:
• Exit Saving Changes
• Exit Discarding Changes
• Load Setup Defaults
• Discard Changes
• Save Changes

12.Select the desired action.
13.Confirm the selection by double-tapping Yes.

Hard Disk Drive (HDD) Password

To set up a password to start the Tablet PC (no one can access the
information on the Hard Disk Drive of the Tablet PC even if it’s
removed and installed in another Tablet PC without the proxy
password):

1. Start the Tablet PC.
2. When the Motion Computing Splash Screen appears,

quickly press Hot Key #2. If you miss the Splash
screen, turn the Tablet PC off then back on and try this
step again.

3. From the PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility, tap Security on the menu bar.
4. To set the hard disk password, double-tap Enter next to Set Hard

Disk Password.

5. Type in a New Password.
6. Tap Enter.
7. Type in the password to confirm it.
8. Tap Enter. The system returns to the Security screen and the HDD

Password is Set. (When you exit then re-enter the PhoenixBIOS
setup, the HDD Password is Locked.)

9. Repeat Steps 10-13 in the section “Bios System Passwords.”

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ECURITY

To clear the Tablet PC PhoenixBIOS security:

1. Start the Tablet PC.
2. When the Motion Computing Splash Screen appears,

quickly press Hot Key #2. If you miss the Splash
screen, turn the Tablet PC off then back on and try this
step again.

3. From the PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility, tap Security on the menu bar.

If you have rebooted, you will be prompted to enter the password(s)
you’ve set up.

4. To clear the System and Password on boot passwords, double-tap

Enter next to Set System Password.

5. Type in the Current Password.

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