Disabling A User-Level Password In System Setup - Toshiba Portégé M100 Series User Manual

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Disabling a user-level password in System Setup

To register a user-level password in System Setup and create
a password service diskette:
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Click OK twice.
TECHNICAL NOTE: You have three tries to enter the
correct password. After an incorrect try, an
"Incorrect Password" dialog box will appear. Click OK to
reenter the password.
After three incorrect tries, this message appears:
"Sorry, access denied! Reboot is required to regain acce
ss." You will need to turn off the computer, then reboot.
Click OK to exit.
Click Start, then Shut Down. Select Shut down and click
OK.
The computer shuts down and turns itself off.
HINT: Run System Setup outside Windows, at a system
prompt. If you try to run System Setup from an MS-DOS
session under Windows, results can be unpredictable.
Hold down the
button in until the on/off light on the system indicator
panel turns on (green)—about one second. When you
receive the following message:
"Check system. Then press [F1] key," press
System Setup displays a setup screen.
Press to move to the PASSWORD section of the
P
screen.
Press the spacebar.
key and press and hold the power
Esc
F1.