# User Guide

# Personal Computer VAIO Duo 13SVD1321

## Password

- Setting/Changing the Power-on Password
  You can set a password (power-on password) for booting up your VAIO computer, using the BIOS function. Entry of the power-on password will be prompted after the VAIO logo appears to start the computer.
- Creating/Changing/Removing Your Windows Password
  Setting a Windows password allows you to protect your VAIO computer from unauthorized access by requiring password entry when the computer is turned on or returns from power saving mode to Normal mode.
- Removing the Power-on Password
  If power-on password input for booting up your VAIO computer is no longer necessary, follow these steps to remove the machine password and user password.
- Signing In to Windows Using Face Recognition
  You can sign in to Windows using face recognition in place of entering the Windows password if you have already set the Windows password.

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### You might be looking for the following topics:

- About User Account Types
- Switching from a Local Account to a Microsoft Account
- What should I do if the Enter Onetime Password message appears and Windows does not start after I enter a wrong power-on password three times consecutively?
- What should I do if I forget the power-on password to start my VAIO computer?
- What should I do if I forget the Windows password?

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