Toshiba a40 Laptop User Manual


 
HW Setup and Passwords
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3. Click the OK button. The following message appears, allowing you to
verify the password.
S Verify Password:
4. If character strings match, the password is registered and the display
changes to:
S The password was registered
If they do not match, the following message appears. You must repeat
from step 1.
S Entry Error!!!
To delete a user password:
1. Select Not Registered to display the following prompt:
S Enter Password:
2. Enter the currently registered password. The character string you
enter is displayed as a string of asterisks.
S Enter Password: ****
If you click the OK button before entering the password, Registered will
appear on the display.
3. Click the OK button. If the character string you enter matches the
registered password, the password option is reset and the display
changes to:
S The password was deleted
If they do not match, the following message appears. You must repeat
step 1.
S Incorrect Password
If you enter the password incorrectly three times, the screen will display:
Sorry, access denied!!! Powering off your machine then
powering it back on again are required to regain
access.
You will not be able to access the password option in the HW Setup. In
this case you must turn the power off and back on to retry the procedure.
4. Follow the same procedures described in the earlier section, How to
set the password, to set a new user password.
Refer to the Supervisor password section later in this Chapter for details
on setting the supervisor password.