Starting The Computer By Password - Toshiba TECRA S1 Series User Manual

User's Manual

Starting the computer by password

If you registered a password as supervisor or user, you must enter it to start the
computer. For more information about how to set a password, refer to Chapter 7,
HW Setup and Passwords.
To start up the computer with the password, follow these steps:
1. Turn on the power as described in Chapter 3,
following message appears:
Password =
2. Enter the password.
3. Press Enter. The computer displays the message below while it starts up.
Valid password entered, system is now starting up.
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 Turning on the power and Turning off
the power in Chapter 3,
Windows utilities
You can specify the setting in TOSHIBA Power Saver.
Hotkeys
You can use hotkeys Fn + F3 to enter Standby mode and Fn + F4 to enter
Hibernation. See Chapter 5,
6-16
Getting Started.
Keyboard for details.
Getting Started and the