Toshiba 8100 series, User Manual

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Part II: Technical Reference
Keeping Your Files Safe
Supervisor-level passwords
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Deleting a supervisor-level password
To delete a supervisor-level password in Windows 98 Second
Edition:
1 Click Start , then click Shut Down .
2 Select Restart the computer in MS-DOS mode and click
Yes , or OK , as appropriate.
Windows shuts down the computer, then restarts it in
MS-DOS mode and displays a system prompt.
3 Type
c:\toshiba\svpw
and press
Enter
.
The Supervisor Password program starts and asks if you want
to delete a password.
4 Press
Y
.
The Supervisor Password program prompts you to enter your
password.
5 Type your password and press
Enter
.
Once again, the Supervisor Password program displays an
asterisk (*) for each character you type.
The Supervisor Password program indicates that no password
is registered.
6 Restart your computer to return to Windows.
To delete a supervisor-level password in Windows NT:
1 If Suspend/Resume (Memory) mode is enabled, turn it off.
2 Click Start , then click Shut Down .
The Shut Down Windows dialog box appears.
3 Select Shut down the computer , then click Yes .
Windows NT shuts down and the computer turns itself off.
4 Connect the external diskette drive to the computer.