Toshiba Portege A600 - Manual (Page 147)

User’s Manual 6-10
Power and Power-Up Modes
TOSHIBA Password Utility
The TOSHIBA Password Utility provides two levels of password security:
User and Supervisor.
User Password
To start the utility, point to or click the following items:
Start  All Programs  TOSHIBA  Utilities  Password Utility
The User Password dialog box contains two main fields: User Password
and User Token.
User authentication may be required to validate user rights when using
"TOSHIBA Password Utility" to delete or change passwords, or create
tokens, etc.
User Password field
■ Set (button)
Click this button to register a password of up to 50 characters. After a
password is set, you will be prompted to enter it when you start the
computer. Check "Set the same string simultaneously as the HDD User
Password" when setting the HDD User Password.
■ Delete (button)
Click this button to delete a registered password. Before you can delete
a password, you must first enter the current password correctly or insert
a proper token. Please use BIOS Setup to change or delete the HDD
Passwords or to set the HDD Master Password.
Passwords set by the TOSHIBA Password Utility function are different
from the Windows password.
■ After you set the password, a dialog box will be displayed asking
whether you want to save it to a floppy diskette or other media. If you
forget the password, you can open the password file on another
computer. Be sure to keep the media in a safe place.
■ When entering the character string to register the password, enter
from the keyboard character by character and do not enter as ASCII
code or copy-and-paste the character string. In addition, ensure that
the registered password is correct by outputting the character string to
the password file.
■ When entering a password, do not enter any characters (for example
"!" or "#") produced by pressing the SHIFT or ALT keys and so on.
■ To start BIOS Setup;
1. Turn on the computer while pressing the ESC key.
2. Press the F1 key when directed.
■ To end the BIOS Setup;
1. Press End and then press the Y key to accept the changes.
The computer will restart.