Setting A Windows User Password; Using A Power-On (User-Level) Password; Setting A Power-On (User-Level) Password - Toshiba S3 User Manual

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Keeping Your Files Safe

Using a power-on (user-level) password

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The system displays the desktop.

Setting a Windows user password

To register a password for the Windows Logon and Instant
Password functions:
1 Click Start, Control Panel, and then click User Accounts.
2 Select Create a password.
3 Enter the password and password hint as directed.
4 Click Create Password.
5 Click the Close icon ( ) to close the User Accounts
window.
When you log on to Windows, you must enter this password.
You must also enter this password to bring the machine out of
instant security mode. <Fn><F1> is used to place the system
into instant security mode.
Using a power-on (user-level) password
A power-on password prevents other users from accessing
your computer.

Setting a power-on (user-level) password

1 Open TOSHIBA Assist by pressing the Toshiba Assist
button or clicking Start, TOSHIBA, Utilities, and then
Assist.
2 Click the Secure tab.
The TOSHIBA Assist Secure screen appears.
If you have registered a user password, type the password
and press .
Enter