Toshiba Satellite Pro 4300 User Manual - Page 106

How to reset the passwords This section describes how to reset the supervisor and user password. Supervisor password 1. Go to the DOS prompt, type in SVPW, and press Enter. 2. If the password has been registered, the following line will be displayed: SUPERVISOR PASSWORD = Registered Do you want to delete the supervisor password ? 3. Press Y to delete the password. The following line will be displayed: Enter Password ---> 4. Enter the currently registered password. 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. If character strings match, the password is deleted and the display changes to: SUPERVISOR PASSWORD = Not 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. If you enter the password incorrectly three times, the screen displays: Password access denied! You will not be able to access the SVPW program. In this case you must turn the power off and back on to retry the procedure. 6. Follow the same procedures described in the earlier section, How to set the passwords, to set a new supervisor password. After you register or delete a supervisor password, if you press the reset switch before turning off the power, your latest supervisor password setting will be cancelled. 7. A switch on the supervisor's password command lets you enable or disable TSETUP access in user password mode. Refer to the section Enabling TSETUP access in user password mode in this chapter. 7-18 Setup and Password Security User's Manual