Supervisor Password; Starting The Computer By Password; Power-Up Modes - Toshiba Qosmio F10-124 User Manual

Supervisor password

To set a supervisor password, follow the steps below.
1. Click Start.
2. Click Run.
3. Enter the following:C:\Program Files\Toshiba\Windows
Utilities\SVPWTool\TOSPU.EXE
If you set a supervisor password, some functions might be restricted when
a user logs on with the user password.
This utility lets you do the following:
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Register, delete or change the supervisor password.
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Specify restrictions for general users.

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,
following message appears:
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At this point, the hotkeys Fn + F1 to F9 do not work. They will function after
you enter the password.
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.

Power-up modes

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