Toshiba Satellite P200 (PSPBL) - Manual (Page 125)

User’s Manual 7-13
Power and Power-Up Modes
User Password
To start the utility, point to or click the following items:
Launch TOSHIBA Assist SECURE User Password
■ Registered
Click to register a password of up to 8 characters. After a password is
set, you will be prompted to enter it when you start the computer.
■ Not Registered
Click to delete a registered password. Before you can delete a
password, you must first enter the current password correctly.
■ Owner String (text box)
You can use this box to associate text with the password. After you
enter text, click Apply or OK, then, each time the computer is switched
on, this text will be displayed along with the prompt for the password.
Supervisor password
If you set a supervisor password, some functions will be restricted when a
user logs on with the user password. To set a supervisor password:
TOSHIBA Assist SECURE Supervisor password
This utility lets you do the following:
■ Register or delete the supervisor password.
■ Specify restrictions for general users.
Starting the computer by password
If you have already registered a password, there is one way to start the
computer:
■ Swipe your fingerprint on the sensor if you have already registered the
fingerprint with the Fingerprint utility and enabled Fingerprint Power-on
Security. If you would not like to swipe your finger or cannot authenticate
the fingerprint for some reasons, push the Back Space key to skip the
fingerprint authentication screen. You can try to swipe the fingerprint up
to five times. If you failed fingerprint authentication more than five times,
you must enter the password manually to start the computer.
■ Enter the password manually.
To enter a password manually, follow these steps:
1. Turn on the power as described in Chapter 3,
Getting Started . The
following message will appear in the LCD:
Enter Password [xxxxxxxx]
The password is necessary only if the computer was shut down in boot
mode, not in Hibernation or Sleep mode.
At this point, the hotkeys Fn + F1 to F9 do not work. They will function after
you enter the password.