Satellite A500/A500D

Chapter 7

HW Setup and Passwords

This chapter explains how to use TOSHIBA HW Setup program to configure your computer and how to set passwords.

HW Setup

TOSHIBA HW Setup allows you to configure settings for General, Password, Display, Boot Priority, Keyboard, USB, LAN, LED Illumination and Button Setting.

If the supervisor password is set, access to the TOSHIBA HW Setup program can be prevented when the user password is used to log on to the computer.

Accessing HW Setup

Click on Start ->All Programs ->TOSHIBA ->Utilities and clickHWSetup.

HW Setup Window

The HW Setup window contains the following tabs: General, Password, Display, Boot Priority, Keyboard, LAN, USB, Illumination and Button Setting.

OK

Accepts your changes and closes the HW Setup

 

window.

 

 

Cancel

Closes the window without accepting your

 

changes.

 

 

Apply

Accepts all your changes without closing the HW

 

Setup window.

 

 

User’s Manual

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