How To Set The Passwords - Toshiba SATELLITE 2610 Series User Manual

How to set the passwords

This section describes how to set the supervisor and user password. User
password can be set using the Hardware Setup program.
You can use either capital or small letters to enter the password. Please
do not use any national specific characters.
Supervisor password
The SVPW program works only in the MS-DOS environment. SVPW is
stored in the Windows directory. To set the supervisor password, follow
the steps below.
1. Go to the DOS prompt, type in SVPW, and press Enter.
2. If the password has not been registered, the following line will be
displayed:
3. Press Y to enter a password. The following line will be displayed:
4. Enter a password of up to 10 characters. The character string you
enter is displayed as a string of asterisks. For example, if you enter a
password consisting of four characters, the display is shown as:
5. Press Enter. The following message appears, allowing you to verify
the password.
6. If character strings match, the password is registered and the display
changes to:
If they do not match, the following message appears:
Press Y to return to step 3. Press N to return to DOS.
User's Manual
SUPERVISOR PASSWORD = Not Registered
Do you want to register the supervisor password
<Y/N>?
Enter Password --->
Enter Password ---> ****
Verify Password --->
SUPERVISOR PASSWORD = Registered
Password verify error!
Do you want to retry <Y/N>?
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