Starting The Computer By Password; Power-Up Modes; Windows Utilities; Hot Keys - Toshiba A40 Series User Manual

Toshiba portable personal computer user's manual
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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 3,
message appears:
Password =
NOTE: At this point, the hotkeys Fn + F1 to F5 do not work. They will
function after you enter the password.
2. Enter the password.
3. Press Enter.
NOTE: 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.

Power-up modes

The computer has the following power-up modes:
Boot: Computer shuts down without saving data. Always save your work
before you turn the computer off in boot mode.
Hibernation: Data in memory is saved to the hard disk.
Standby: Data is maintained in the computer's main memory.
NOTE: Refer also to the sections
in Chapter 3, Getting Started.
the power

Windows utilities

You can specify the setting in TOSHIBA Power Saver.

Hot keys

You can use hot keys Fn + F3 to enter Standby mode and Fn + F4 to enter
Hibernation. See Chapter 5,

Starting the computer by password

Turning on the power
The Keyboard
for details.
Getting
Started. The following
and
Turning off
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