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Utilities and applications, Utilities and applications -13 – Toshiba Qosmio X500 User Manual

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User’s Manual

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Introduction

Utilities and Applications

This section describes pre-installed utilities and tells how to start them. For

details on operations, refer to each utility’s online manual, help files or

readme.txt files.

TOSHIBA PC

Diagnostic Tool

The TOSHIBA PC Diagnostic Tool will display

basic system configuration information and allow

the functionality of some of the computer's built-

in hardware devices to be tested.

TOSHIBA Flash Cards This utility supports the following functions.

Hot key function

TOSHIBA utility launcher function

TOSHIBA

Components

Common Driver

TOSHIBA Components Common Driver contains

the module required for the utility which

TOSHIBA offers.

TOSHIBA

Accessibility

The TOSHIBA Accessibility utility provides

support to movement impaired users when they

need to use the TOSHIBA Hot-key functions. In

use, the utility allows you to make the Fn key

'sticky', that is you can press it once, release it,

and then press one of the 'F' keys in order to

access its specific function. When set, the Fn key

will remain active until another key is pressed.

TOSHIBA Button

Support

This utility controls the button operation of the

computer.
The starting application from the button can be

changed.

TOSHIBA Assist

TOSHIBA Assist is a graphical user interface that

provides easy access to help and services.

HW Setup

This program lets you customize your hardware

settings according to the way you work with your

computer and the peripherals you use. To start

the utility, launch TOSHIBA Assist, select

OPTIMIZE tab, and click TOSHIBA Hardware

Settings.

Power On Password

Two levels of password security, supervisor and

user, are available to prevent unauthorized

access to your computer.
To register a supervisor password, launch

TOSHIBA Assist, select the SECURE tab and

start the Supervisor password utility.
To set a user password, select the SECURE tab

on TOSHIBA Assist, then start the User

password utility. On the Password tab you can

register a user password.