Toshiba f10-120 User Guide
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
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.
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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:
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Boot: Computer shuts down without saving data. Always save your
work before you turn the computer off in boot mode.
work before you turn the computer off in boot mode.
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Hibernation: Data in memory is saved to the hard disk.
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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.
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.
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.
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.