Password Utility; Starting The Computer By Password - Toshiba Satellite L650D Series User Manual

Password Utility

The password utility allows you to maintain an additional level of security
and provides two levels of password security: User and Supervisor.
Passwords set in TOSHIBA Supervisor Password Utility are different from
the Windows
User Password
To start the utility, point to or click the following items:
Start
SECURE
■
Registered
Click to register a password of up to 8 characters. After a password is set,
you will be prompted to enter it when you start the computer.
■
Not Registered
Click to delete a registered password. Before you can delete 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
text, click Apply or OK, then, each time the computer is switched on, this
text will be displayed along with the prompt for the password.
Supervisor password
If you set a supervisor password, some functions will be restricted when a
user logs on with the user password. To set a supervisor password:
Click Start
Assist
This utility lets you do the following:
■
Register or delete the supervisor password.
■
Specify restrictions for general users.

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,
following message will appear in the screen:
At this point, the hotkeys FN + F1 to F9 do not work. They will function
after you enter the password.
2. Enter the Password.
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