User manual TOSHIBA SATELLITE M70 (PSM71)

[. . . ] ("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. [. . . ] 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, and then click Toshiba Assist. Follow the on-screen instructions to remove the user password. 156 Toshiba Utilities Using a supervisor or user password Using a supervisor or user 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. Toshiba is not responsible for any losses that may occur to you, your organization or others as a result of the inability to access the computer. To register a password for the power-on password functions: 1 Click Start, All Programs, Toshiba, Utilities, and then click Toshiba Assist. 2 On the left side, select Secure. (Sample Image) Toshiba Assist Security window Toshiba Utilities Toshiba Password Utility 157 3 4 5 6 7 Select the Supervisor Password icon. 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 Deleting a supervisor password To cancel the power-on password function: To cancel the power-on password function: 1 Click Start, All Programs, Toshiba, Utilities, and then click Toshiba Assist. Follow the on-screen instructions to remove the supervisor password. Toshiba Password Utility The Toshiba Password Utility allows you to set a user-level password in Toshiba Assist or in System Setup. Click the Secure tab, then click the User Password icon. 158 Toshiba Utilities Toshiba Password Utility The Toshiba Password Utility window appears. (Sample Image) Toshiba Password Utility window 3 4 5 6 Click Set. Click OK if you want to save the password to a text file on a diskette or media of your choice. 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. To open the program or document, press Fn plus the appropriate key from within any Windows®-based program. 5 6 Toshiba Utilities Fn-esse® 163 Using the keyboard or pointing device to assign a key To assign a key to open a program or document: 1 2 Start Fn-esse. Perform one of the following: Using the keyboard, press and hold the Fn key, then press the desired assignment key. Using the pointing device, move the cursor over the desired key in the Fn-esse window and press the secondary button. The Assignment Type dialog box appears. (Sample Image) Fn-esse assignment type dialog box Follow the instructions in "Making a direct key assignment" on page 163 or "Making a popup assignment" on page 164. Making a direct key assignment 1 2 Select Direct to display the Add/Edit Command dialog box. Enter the Description, Command Line, and Working Directory for the new Fn-esse key assignment, or click the Browse button to specify this information. 164 3 Toshiba Utilities Fn-esse® Click OK. Making a popup assignment 1 2 Select Popup to display the Application Explorer dialog box. The left side of the Application Explorer window displays the folders in the All Programs menu. 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®-based program. 3 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. Toshiba Utilities Toshiba Hotkey Utility 165 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. [. . . ] 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). 292 Glossary 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. [. . . ]