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Utilities, Utilities -10 – Toshiba 6100 User Manual

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NTRODUCTION

Heat dispersal

To protect from overheating, the CPU has an internal
temperature sensor. If the computer’s internal temperature
rises to a certain level, the cooling fan is turned on or the
processing speed is lowered. Use the Fan item of the
Power Save Modes window in Power Saver.

Maximum

Turns on fan first, then if necessary

Performance

lowers CPU processing speed.

Performance

Uses a combination of fan and
lowering the CPU processing speed.

Battery optimized

Lowers the CPU processing speed

first, then if necessary turns on the
fan.

Utilities

This section describes preinstalled utilities and tells how to start them. For details
on operations, refer to each utility’s online manual, help files or readme files.

TOSHIBA Power Saver To access this power savings management program in

Windows 2000, open the Control Panel and double-click
the TOSHIBA Power Saver icon. In Windows XP, open
the Control Panel, click Performance and Maintenance and
click the TOSHIBA Power Saver icon.

HW Setup

This program lets you customize your hardware settings
according to the way you work with your computer and
the peripherals you use. To start the utility in Windows
2000, open the Control Panel and double-click the
TOSHIBA HW Setup icon. In Windows XP, open the
Control Panel, click Printers and Other Hardware and click
the TOSHIBA HW Setup icon.

Fn-esse

This Windows program lets you define your own “short-
cut” keys to quickly launch applications and speed your
work in Windows. To start the utility, click the Windows
Start button, point to Programs (Windows XP only, point
to All Programs), point to TOSHIBA Utilities and click Fn-
esse.

Supervisor Password

This utility for Windows lets you register a Supervisor

Utility for Windows

Password, which restricts access to HW Setup.