Toshiba SATELLITE U500 - Manual (Page 32)

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Satellite U500/U500D, Satellite Pro U500/U500D
Utilities and Applications
This section describes pre-installed utilities and tells how to start them.
For details on operations, refer to each utility’s online manual, help files or
readme.txt files.
TOSHIBA
Accessibility The TOSHIBA Accessibility utility provides
support to movement impaired users when they
need to use the TOSHIBA Hot-key functions. In
use, the utility allows you to make the Fn key
‘sticky’, that is you can press it once, release it,
and then press one of the ‘F’ keys in order to
access its specific function. When set, the Fn key
will remain active until another key is pressed.
TOSHIBA Button
Support The computer includes the following buttons:
■ ECO button
■ CD/DVD button
The starting application from the button can be
changed.
TOSHIBA Assist TOSHIBA Assist is a graphical user interface that
provides easy access to help and services.
HW Setup This program lets you customize your hardware
settings according to the way you work with your
computer and the peripherals you use. To start the
utility, double click the TOSHIBA Assist on your
desktop, select OPTIMIZE tab, and click
TOSHIBA Hardware Settings.
Power On
Password Two levels of password security, supervisor and
user, are available to prevent unauthorized access
to your computer.
To register a supervisor password, double click
the TOSHIBA Assist on your desktop select the
SECURE tab and start the Supervisor password
utility.
To set a user password, select the SECURE tab
on TOSHIBA Assist, then start the User
password utility. On the Password tab you can
register a user password.
TOSHIBA DVD
PLAYER This software is provided for playback of DVD
Video. It has an on-screen interface and functions