Toshiba a8-ez8311 User Guide

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Toshiba supports several types of passwords on your computer:

❖

An instant password — Secures your open programs and files 
when leaving the computer temporarily. 

You need to have created a password for your Windows

®

 account to 

use an instant password.

❖

A power-on password — Prevents unauthorized users from 
starting or restarting the computer.

❖

A supervisor password — Prohibits unauthorized users from 
accessing certain functions such as Toshiba Hardware Setup. 
This is useful if more than one person uses the computer. 

When setting up passwords, keep the following in mind:

❖

The user password can be set up under the supervisor 
password.

❖

The supervisor password must be set before the user password, 
or the user password must be deleted and then re-entered after 
the supervisor password is set.

An instant password secures your system with a single keystroke. 
Use this feature when you leave your desk for a few minutes and do 
not want to turn off the computer.

To use an instant password, press 

Fn

, then press 

F1

. This freezes the 

keyboard and Dual Pointing Device, and blanks the screen. An 
instant password has no effect on an optional USB mouse or 
trackball.

To unlock your system, press any key or touch the pointing device 
and the Windows

®

 Logon screen will appear. Select your user name 

and enter your password, if any.

To register a password for the power-on password functions:

Click Start, All Programs, Toshiba, Utilities, then click 
TOSHIBA Assist.

The TOSHIBA Assist window appears.

On the left side, select Secure.

Select the User Password icon.

Click Set.

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