Starting The Computer By Password; Power-Up Modes; Windows Utilities; Hot Keys - Toshiba Satellite A300 User Manual

Starting the computer by password

If you have already registered a password, there are two ways to start the
computer:
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To start up the computer with the user password, follow these steps:
1. Turn on the power as described in Chapter 3,
At this point, the hot keys 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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Refer also to the sections
in Chapter 3,

Windows utilities

You can specify the setting in Power Options.

Hot keys

You can use hot keys FN + F3 to enter sleep mode and FN + F4 to enter
hibernation mode. See Chapter 5,
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Swipe your fingerprint on the sensor if you have already registered the
fingerprint with the Fingerprint utility and enabled Fingerprint Power-on
Security. If you would not like to swipe your finger or cannot
authenticate the fingerprint for some reasons, press the ESC key or
click Switch User button to skip the fingerprint authentication screen.
You can try to swipe the fingerprint up to five times. If you failed
fingerprint authentication more than five times, you must enter the
password manually to start the computer.
Enter the password manually.
lowing message appears:
Enter Current Password
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.
Sleep: Data is maintained in the computer's main memory.
Getting Started
Turning on the power
.
The Keyboard
Power and Power-up Modes
Getting Started. The fol-
and Turning off the power
for details.
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