Toshiba Satellite Pro 4300 User Manual - Page 104

How to set the passwords, Supervisor password logon

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Supervisor password logon The following restrictions apply to the user when you log on with a supervisor password: Instant security User password will not provide access to the computer. Resume Mode User password will not provide access to the computer. The supervisor password will provide access to the computer from instant security or Resume mode even if the user password was used to log on to the computer. However, access will be limited to the user level. How to set the passwords This section describes how to set the supervisor and user password. 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 ---> 7-16 Setup and Password Security User's Manual

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7-16
Setup and Password Security
User's Manual
Supervisor password logon
The following restrictions apply to the user when you log on with a
supervisor password:
Instant security
User password will not provide access to the
computer.
Resume Mode
User password will not provide access to the
computer.
The supervisor password will provide access to the computer from instant
security or
Resume mode
even if the user password was used to log on to
the computer. However, access will be limited to the user level.
How to set the passwords
This section describes how to set the supervisor and user password.
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 <Y/N>?
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 --->