Toshiba X300 User Manual

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User’s Manual
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3. Turn your computer over.
TOSHIBA Password Utility
The TOSHIBA Password Utility provides two levels of password security: 
User and Supervisor.
User Password
To start the utility, point to or click the following items:
Start -> All Programs -> TOSHIBA -> Utilities ->Password Utility
User Password field
Set (button)
Click this button to register a password of up to 50 characters. After a 
password is set, you will be prompted to enter it when you start the 
computer.
Delete (button)
Click this button to delete a registered password. Before you can delete 
a password, you must first enter the current password correctly.
Change (button)
Click this button to change a registered password. Before you can 
change a password, you must first enter the current password correctly.
Owner String (text box)
You can use this box to associate text with the password. After you 
enter text, click Apply or OK. When the computer is started, this text 
will be displayed together with the prompt asking you to enter a 
password.
Passwords set by the TOSHIBA Password Utility function are different 
from the Windows password.
After you set the password, a dialog box will be displayed asking 
whether you want to save it to a floppy diskette or other media. If you 
forget the password, you can open the password file on another 
computer. Be sure to keep the media in a safe place.
When entering the character string to register the password, enter from 
the keyboard character by character and do not enter as ASCII code or 
copy-and-paste the character string. In addition, ensure that the 
registered password is correct by outputting the character string to the 
password file.
When entering a password, do not enter any characters (for example 
"!" or "#") produced by pressing the SHIFT or ALT keys and so on.