Toshiba TECRA A2 manual General, Password

HW Setup and Passwords

General

This window displays the BIOS version and contains two buttons: Default and About.

Default	Return all HW Setup values to the factory
	settings.
About	Display the HW Setup version.

Setup

This field displays BIOS Version and date.

Password

User Password

This option allows you to set or reset the user password for power on.

Not Registered	Change or remove the password. (Default)
Registered	Set the password. A dialogue box will appear to
	let you set the password.

To enter a user password:

1.Select Registered to display the following prompt:

S Enter Password:

2.Enter a password of up to 10 characters. (You cannot use the following characters: - ^ @ [ ] ; : , . / space.) 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:

S Enter Password: ****

If you click the OK button before entering the password, Not registered will appear on the display.

3.Click the OK button. The following message appears, allowing you to verify the password.

S Verify Password:

4.If character strings match, the password is registered and the display changes to:

S The password was registered

If they do not match, the following message appears. You must repeat from step 1.

S Entry Error!!!

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