Toshiba Tecra 8100 - Manual (Page 116)

7-14 TSETUP and Passwords User's Manual
Tecra 8100 User's Manual – 8100_UK.DOC – ENGLISH – Printed on 13/12/99 as IM8100UK
How to set the passwords
This section describes how to set the supervisor and user password for
power on and instant security. It also describes the hard disk password
feature in a DOS environment and describes the hard disk password. All
passwords except supervisor and hard disk 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, 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. If character strings match, the password is registered and the display
changes to:
SUPERVISOR PASSWORD = Registered
If they do not match, the following message appears:
Password verify error!
Do you want to retry ?
Press
Y
to return to step 3. Press N to return to DOS.