Toshiba Portege 7140 - Manual (Page 100)

7-16 Setup and Password Security User's Manual
Portege 7140CT User's Manual – 7140_UK.doc – ENGLISH – Printed on 20/12/99 as IM_714UK
How to set the passwords
This section describes how to set the supervisor and user password. All
passwords can be set using the Hardware Setup program.
You can use either capital or small letters to enter the password. Please
do not use any national specific characters.
Supervisor password
In Windows 95/98, the SVPW program works only in the MS-DOS
environment. SVPW is stored in the Windows directory. To set the
supervisor password, follow the steps below.
1. Go to the DOS prompt, type in SVPW, and press Enter.
2. If the password has not been registered, the following line will
be displayed:
SUPERVISOR PASSWORD = Not Registered
Do you want to register the supervisor
password ?
3. Press Y to enter a password. The following line will be displayed:
Enter Password --->
4. Enter a password of up to 10 characters. 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 ---> ****
5. Press Enter. The following message appears, allowing you to verify
the password.
Verify Password --->
6. a. If character strings match, the password is registered and the
display changes to:
SUPERVISOR PASSWORD = Registered
USER PASSWORD MODE = Unable to run SETUP
Do you want to change the setting ?
If you do not want to provide user access to the TSETUP program,
press N to return to the DOS prompt.
To provide user access to TSETUP, press Y and continue with the
procedures in the section Enabling TSETUP access in user password
mode in this chapter.