Setting A User Password; Disabling A User Password - Toshiba Tecra M7 Series User Manual

To use an instant password, press
freezes the keyboard and TouchPad, 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
your user name and enter your password, if any.

Setting a user password

To register a password for the power-on password functions:
1 Click Start, All Programs, Toshiba, Utilities, and then
click Toshiba Assist.
The Toshiba Assist window appears.
On the left side, select Secure.
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3 Select the User Password icon.
Click Set.
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5 Enter your password then enter it again to verify.
Click Set.
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Click OK if you want to save the password to a text file
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on a diskette or media of your choice, or click Cancel if
you do not want to save the password to a text file.
8 Click OK to exit.

Disabling a user password

To cancel the power-on password function:
1 Click Start, All Programs, Toshiba, Utilities, and then
click Toshiba Assist.
The Toshiba Assist window appears.
2 On the left side, select Secure.
Toshiba Utilities
Setting passwords
, then press
Fn
®
Logon screen will appear. Select
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. This
F1