Toshiba 8000 series, User Manual

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Part II: Technical Reference
Keeping Your Files Safe
Using a password in Windows 95 and Windows 98
164
Power-on password
Whenever you start your computer with a power-on (user-level)
password in effect, the computer prompts you to enter the
password before it goes through its normal startup procedure. The
password operates regardless of whether the computer is in
Resume Mode.
When your computer prompts you to enter your password, type it
in and press
Enter
. If you enter the password correctly, the
computer continues with its normal startup procedure. If you enter
an incorrect password, the computer beeps. After three incorrect
attempts, the system turns off automatically.
If you’ve forgotten your password and you have a password
service diskette:
1 If your diskette drive is not installed in the SelectBay, connect
the external diskette drive or swap drives in the SelectBay. To
swap drives, see “Swapping SelectBay modules” on page 37.
2 Turn on the computer with Resume Mode turned off.
The system prompts you for your password.
3 Insert the password service diskette into the diskette drive and
press
Enter
.
The system prompts you, “
Set Password Again (Y/N)?
”
CAUTION: The password service diskette is not reusable.
Once you use it, you must create a new diskette, even if you
set the same password.
4 To enter TSETUP and reset your password, press
Y
. Follow
the instructions in “Creating a user-level password” on
page 175 to reset your password.
To remove your password, press
N
. It will no longer be
registered.