Toshiba Tecra A8, SATELLITE PRO A120 manual Appendix, Toshiba Anti-theft Protection Timer

Appendix I

TOSHIBA Anti-theft Protection Timer

This function sets the limit for the number of days during which you are able to bypass authentication for the BIOS, Hard Disk Drive and Fingerprint.

When the time limit is exceeded, you are required to provide the Password or fingerprint authentication for the BIOS and Hard Disk Drive to gain access to the system.

To set permission and limits for the TOSHIBA Anti-theft Protection Timer please use the TOSHIBA Password Utility.

The settings can only be activated or modified by a user with supervisor authority. If the supervisor password is not set, click on the Set button in Supervisor Password from the supervisor tab in TOSHIBA Password Utility and set the password on the dialog screen that appears.

Then, click on the Set button in TOSHIBA Anti-theft Protection Timer. Take the following action if the set limit is exceeded.

■If the Supervisor Password is registered but the User Password is not, enter the Supervisor Password to boot up the computer.

■If both the Supervisor Password and the User Password are registered, enter either the Supervisor Password, the User Password or the fingerprint authentication to boot up the computer.

■The limit counts the number of days from the last time Windows is logged on till the next time the computer is booted up. The range can be set from 1 to 28 days.

■Authentication is required if the computer’s clock is significantly modified.

■If the Supervisor Password is deleted, this function becomes disabled.

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