Electronic Fingerprinting - Mitsubishi Electric apricot ft series Owner's Handbook Manual

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Electronic Fingerprinting

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Electronic Fingerprinting allows you to 'brand' your computer by
storing personal information in its permanent memory. If you
include your name, address and phone number this will aid the
police if your computer is stolen.
The Apricot Electronic Fingerprinting program appears every time
you start Windows until you have branded the computer. If you
don't brand your computer promptly, someone else might do it
first.
After you have entered your details you are required to set a
'branding password'. This password will be requested if you ever
need to run the Electronic Fingerprinting program again to change
the branding information (for example, if you change address).
Optionally, for extra security, you can decide that this same
password is requested every time the computer is turned on, or
every time the AC power supply is interrupted.
If you forget your branding password, you can use a special 'fall-
back password' instead. The fall-back password is a 12-digit number
that is unique to your computer. It is displayed once, the first time
you set a branding password.
If you decide to use the branding password to control access to your
computer, don't set up "password on boot" in the BIOS Setup
utility as well, or both passwords will be requested every time the
computer is turned on (branding password first, then the supervisor
password).
CAUTION
Do not turn off the computer while using the Electronic Fingerprinting
program. It might corrupt your computer's BIOS.
IMPORTANT
The fall-back password is displayed only once. You must make a
note of the password immediately, because you will never see it
again. There is a page at the end of this manual where you can
write it down.