Toshiba Portege 4000, User Manual

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Keeping Your Files Safe
User-level passwords
A hard disk drive password—Protects your data by
preventing access to the hard disk, even if it is removed and
installed in another computer. You can set a hard disk drive
user password and/or a hard disk drive master password.
User-level passwords
The user-level password is the basic level of password security.
You can use it as both a power-on password and an instant
password. For most users, this is all the password security you’ll
need.
CAUTION: Make sure you use a password you can
remember easily. If you ever forget your password, contact
your network administrator.
Setting a user-level password
To set (register) a user-level password:
1 Click Start , point to Settings , Control Panel , and click
Toshiba HWSetup .
2 Open the Password tab.
3 Click Registered .
A Password dialog box appears.
4 Type in the password and click OK .
5 Reenter the password and click OK .
6 Click OK at the bottom of the HWSetup window.
Your user password is now in effect. Use it when you start the
computer (power-on password), or when you use the hot key
Fn
+
F1
(instant password).