Starting The Computer By Password; Tablet Mode - Toshiba Tecra M4-103 User Manual

Starting the computer by password

If you registered a password, there are two ways to start the computer:
■
Insert an SD card token before you turn on the computer. The computer
will start normally, without displaying a password prompt.
■
Enter the password manually.
The password is necessary only if the computer was shut down in boot
mode. It is not needed in Standby mode.
To enter a password manually, follow these steps:
1. Turn on the power as described in Chapter 3,
following message will appear in the LCD:
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2. Enter the Password.
3. Press Enter.
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.

Tablet mode

Enter your password by tapping the on-screen keyboard using the Tablet
PC Pen.
■
The beep sounds when tapping the on-screen keyboard with the Tablet
PC Pen. An * (asterisk) is displayed after "Password =" and one
character is input for every tapping.
Register your password to the computer in the laptop mode using the
standard keyboard. Refer to
details.
TECRA M4
Password=
On-screen keyboard
TOSHIBA Password
Power and Power-Up Modes
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