User’s Manual
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Power
Supervisor password
To set a supervisor password, follow the steps below.
1. Click
Start
.
2. Click
Run
.
3.
Enter the following:
C:\Program Files\Toshiba\Windows
Utilities\SVPWTool\TOSPU.EXE
This utility lets you do the following:
■
Register, delete or change the supervisor password.
■
Specify restrictions for general users.
Starting the computer by password
To start up the computer with the user password, follow these steps:
1. Turn on the power as described in Chapter 3,
. The
following message appears:
S
Password
=
2. Enter the password.
3. Press
Enter
.
Power-up modes
The computer has the following power-up modes:
■
Boot: Computer shuts down without saving data. Always save your
work before you turn the computer off in boot mode.
■
Hibernation: Data in memory is saved to the hard disk.
■
Standby: Data is maintained in the computer’s main memory.
If you set a supervisor password, some functions might be restricted when
a user logs on with the user password.
At this point, the hotkeys
Fn
+
F1
to
F9
do not work. They will function after
you enter the password.
If you enter the password incorrectly three times in a row, the computer
shuts off. In this case, you must turn the computer back on to retry
password entry.
Refer also to the sections
and
in Chapter 3, Getting Started.