Toshiba Portege M780 - Manual (Page 183)

User’s Manual 6-17
PORTÉGÉ M780
To enter a password manually, follow the steps as detailed below:
1. Turn on the power as described in Chapter 1, Getting Started . The
following message will appear in the screen:
S
Password=
2. Enter the Password.
3. Press ENTER.
Tablet mode
Enter your password by tapping the on-screen keyboard using the Tablet
PC Pen or your finger.
On-screen keyboard can not be used in Display screen model.
Figure 6-8 On-screen keyboard
■ The beep sounds when tapping the on-screen keyboard with the Tablet
PC Pen or your finger. An * (asterisk) is displayed after “
Password = ”
and one character is input for every tapping.
The password is necessary only if the computer was Shutdown and
Hibernation in Boot Mode.
It is not needed in Sleep Mode and Restart.
If you enter the password incorrectly three times in a row, the computer
shuts off. In this case, you must turn the computer back on to retry
password entry.
Register your password to the computer in the Laptop mode using the
standard keyboard. Refer to
TOSHIBA Password Utility , in this chapter for
the detail.