Starting the computer by password, Starting the computer by password -15, Supervisor password – Toshiba Qosmio F30 (PQF32) User Manual

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User’s Manual

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Power

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 the text, click Apply or OK. When you switch the computer on,

this text will be displayed, for example, to prompt the user to enter the

password.

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

Utilities\SVPWTool\TOSPU.EXE

This utility lets you do the following:

Register, delete or change the supervisor password.

Specify restrictions for general users.

Starting the computer by password

If you have already registered a password, there are two ways to start the

computer:

Swipe your fingerprint on the sensor if you have already registered the

fingerprint with the Fingerprint utility and enabled Fingerprint Power-on

Security. If you would not like to swipe your finger or cannot

authenticate the fingerprint for some reasons, push the BkSp key to

skip the fingerprint authentication screen. You can try to swipe the

fingerprint up to five times. If you failed fingerprint authentication more

than five times, you must enter the password manually to start the

computer.

Enter the password manually.

1. Turn on the power as described in Chapter 3,

Getting Started

. The

following message will appear in the LCD:

S

Password =

If you set a supervisor password, some functions might be restricted when

a user logs on with the user password.

The password is necessary only if the computer was shut down in boot

mode. It is not needed in Standby Mode.

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