Toshiba A40 Series - Manual (Page 155)

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HW S
ETUP
AND
P
ASSWORDS
If they do not match, the following message appears. You must repeat from
step 1.
Entry Error!!!
To delete a user password:
1. Select Not Registered to display the following prompt:
Enter Password:
2. Enter the currently registered password. The character string you enter is
displayed as a string of asterisks.
Enter Password: ****
NOTE: If you click the OK button before entering the password,
Reg-
istered
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:
The password was deleted
If they do not match, the following message appears. You must repeat step 1.
Incorrect Password
NOTE: 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.
Key FD
After you set a password, you can create a Key FD (diskette). If you forget the user
password, the Key FD lets you bypass the password function.
HW Setup