Starting the computer by password, Power-up modes – Toshiba Computer L300 User Manual
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Starting the computer by password
If you have already registered a password, please enter the password
manually to start the computer:
To start up the computer with the user password, follow these steps:
1. Turn on the power as described in Chapter 3,
. The
following message appears:
Enter Current Password
2. Enter the password.
3. Press ENTER.
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.
■
Sleep: Data is maintained in the computer’s main memory.
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,
for details.
At this point, the hot keys FN + F1 to F9 do not work. They will function
after you enter the password.
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.
Refer also to the sections
and
in Chapter 3,
.