Toshiba Satellite 2670 series - How to Set the Passwords

User's Manual Setup and Password Security 7-13
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How to set the passwords
This section describes how to set the supervisor and user password. User
password can be set using the Hardware Setup program.
You can use either capital or small letters to enter the password. Please
do not use any national specific characters.
Supervisor password
The SVPW program works only in the MS-DOS environment. SVPW is
stored in the Windows directory. To set the supervisor password, follow the
steps below.
1.
Go to the DOS prompt, type in
SVPW
, and press
Enter
.
2.
If the password has not been registered, the following line will be
displayed:
SUPERVISOR PASSWORD = Not Registered
Do you want to register the supervisor password
<Y/N>?
3.
Press
Y
to enter a password. The following line will be displayed:
Enter Password --->
4.
Enter a password of up to 10 characters. 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:
Enter Password ---> ****
5.
Press
Enter
. The following message appears, allowing you to verify
the password.
Verify Password --->
6.
If character strings match, the password is registered and the display
changes to:
SUPERVISOR PASSWORD = Registered
If they do not match, the following message appears:
Password verify error!
Do you want to retry <Y/N>?
Press
Y
to return to step 3. Press
N
to return to DOS.