Starting the computer by password, Power-up modes – Toshiba Satellite L750D User Manual

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Power and Power-Up Modes

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 1,

Getting Started

. The

following message will appear in the screen:

Enter Password [ ]

2. Enter the Password.
3. Press ENTER.

Power-up modes

The computer has three different power-up modes as follows:

Shut Down Mode: The computer will shut down without saving data - in

view of this you must always save your work before you turn the

computer off.

Hibernation Mode: Data in memory will be saved to the hard disk drive.

Sleep Mode: Data will be maintained in the computer's memory.

Windows utilities

You can configure various settings associated with both Sleep Mode and

Hibernation Mode within the Power Options (to access it, Start  Control

Panel  System and Security  Power Options).

Hot keys

You can use the FN + F3 hot key to enter Sleep Mode or FN + F4 to enter

Hibernation Mode - please refer to Chapter 5,

The Keyboard

for further

details.

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.

Please refer to the sections

Turning on the power

and

Turning off the

power

in Chapter 1,

Getting Started

for further information.

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