User manual TOSHIBA EQUIUM 3100 M

[. . . ] ("TOSHIBA"), ITS AFFILIATES AND SUPPLIERS DO NOT WARRANT THAT OPERATION OF THE PRODUCT WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE. YOU AGREE THAT TOSHIBA, ITS AFFILIATES AND SUPPLIERS SHALL HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGE TO OR LOSS OF ANY BUSINESS, PROFITS, PROGRAMS, DATA, NETWORK SYSTEMS OR REMOVABLE STORAGE MEDIA ARISING OUT OF OR RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE PRODUCT, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF. Protection of Stored Data For your important data, please make periodic back-up copies of all the data stored on the hard disk or other storage devices as a precaution against possible failures, alteration, or loss of the data. IF YOUR DATA IS ALTERED OR LOST DUE TO ANY TROUBLE, FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION OF THE HARD DISK DRIVE OR OTHER STORAGE DEVICES AND THE DATA CANNOT BE RECOVERED, TOSHIBA SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS OF DATA, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGE RESULTING THEREFROM. WHEN COPYING OR TRANSFERRING YOUR DATA, PLEASE BE SURE TO CONFIRM WHETHER THE DATA HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY COPIED OR TRANSFERRED. [. . . ] A power-on password -- Prevents unauthorized users from starting or restarting the computer. A supervisor password -- Prohibits unauthorized users from accessing certain functions such as Toshiba Hardware Setup. This is useful if more than one person uses the computer. A single user password supports the instant and power-on password functions. When setting up the various passwords, keep the following in mind: The user password can be set up under the supervisor password. The supervisor password must be set before the user password, or the user password must be deleted and then re-entered after the supervisor password is set. Using an instant password An instant password secures your system with a single keystroke. Use this feature when you leave your desk for a few minutes and do not want to turn off the computer. An instant password has no effect on an optional USB mouse or trackball. Toshiba Utilities Setting passwords 145 To unlock your system, press any key or touch the pointing device and the Windows® Logon screen will appear. Select your user name and enter your password, if any. Setting a user password To register a password for the power-on password functions: 1 Click Start, All Programs, Toshiba, Utilities, then click Toshiba Assist. Click OK if you want to save the password to a text file on a diskette or media of your choice, or click Cancel if you do not want to save the password to a text file. Click OK to exit. 8 Disabling a user password To cancel the power-on password function: 1 Click Start, All Programs, Toshiba, Utilities, then click Toshiba Assist. Follow the on-screen instructions to remove the user password. 146 Toshiba Utilities Using a supervisor password Using a supervisor password A supervisor password prevents other users from changing hardware configuration options. Setting a supervisor password If you choose to set a supervisor or user password, Toshiba strongly recommends that you save your password in a location where you can later access it should you not remember it. The left side of the Application Explorer window displays the folders in the All Programs menu. These are the items that will appear in the popup list. 152 3 Toshiba Utilities Fn-esse® To create a popup list with items from various folders, or to pick only a few items from a folder, create a new folder containing only the desired programs and documents. If you are unsure how to do this, refer to your operating system documentation. To open a popup list showing the items in that folder, press Fn plus the appropriate key from within any Windows® program. 4 Viewing existing key assignments To view the existing key assignments, choose Assignments from the Fn-esse keyboard. This box lists all the key assignments and the program or document to which each key is assigned. To view items in a popup list, select the Expand popup lists check box. Changing or removing existing key assignments On the Fn-esse keyboard, click the key you wish to change with the secondary button. Fn-esse displays the Assignment Type dialog box. To change the key assignment, click Direct or Popup and continue as if you were creating a new assignment. To remove the key assignment, click Clear. Toshiba Utilities PC Diagnostic Tool Utility 153 PC Diagnostic Tool Utility This utility can help diagnose problems with devices in your computer. Refer to the online Help documentation within the application for additional help. To use the PC Diagnostic Tool utility: 1 Click Start, All Programs, Toshiba, Utilities, then PC Diagnostic Tool, or click the PC Diagnostic Tool icon in the Protect & Fix tab of Toshiba Assist. The PC Diagnostic Tool window appears. Sample PC Diagnostic Tool screen 2 Select the devices that you would like to test by clicking the check box that appears to the left of the device. [. . . ] port -- A socket on the computer where you plug in a cable for connection to a network or a peripheral device. processor -- See central processing unit (CPU). Glossary 271 program -- A set of instructions that can be executed by a computer. The general classes of programs (also called software) are operating system, application, and utility. For example, the properties of a file include the file's type, size, and creation date. R RAM (random access memory) -- Volatile memory that can be written to as well as read. [. . . ]