Toshiba Satellite M40 (PSM42) - Manual (Page 119)

7-2 User’s Manual
HW Setup and Passwords
HW Setup window
The HW Setup window contains the following tabs: Pointing Devices,
Display, CPU, Boot Priority, Keyboard, USB, LAN, General, Password,
Device Config and Parallel/Printer.
There are also three buttons:
OK , Cancel and Apply.
General
This window displays the BIOS version and contains two buttons: Default
and About.
Setup
This field displays BIOS Version and date.
Password
User Password
This option allows you to set or reset the user password for power on .
To enter a user password:
1. Select
Registered to display the following prompt:
Enter Password:
2. Enter a password of up to 10 characters (You can’t use the following
characters: - ^ @ [ ] ; : , . / space). The character string you enter is
displayed as a string of asterisks. For example, if you enter a password
consisting of four characters, the display is shown as:
Enter Password: ****
OK Accepts your changes and closes the HW Setup
window.
Cancel Closes the window without accepting your
changes.
Apply Accepts all your changes without closing the HW
Setup window.
Default Return all HW Setup values to the factory
settings.
About Display the HW Setup version.
Not Registered Change or remove the password. (Default)
Registered Set the password. A dialogue box will appear to
let you set the password.
If you click the OK button before entering the password, Not registered will
appear on the display.