Utilities and Applications
This section describes pre-installed utilities and tells how to start them. For
details on operations, refer to each utility's online manual, help files or
readme.txt files.
TOSHIBA Assist
HW Setup
Power On Password
FingerPrint utility
User's Manual
TOSHIBA Assist is a graphical user interface that
provides easy access to help and services.
This program lets you customize your hardware
settings according to the way you work with your
computer and the peripherals you use. To start
the utility, double click the TOSHIBA Assist on
your desktop, select OPTIMIZE tab, and click
TOSHIBA Hardware Settings.
Two levels of password security, supervisor and
user, are available to prevent unauthorized
access to your computer.
To register a supervisor password, double click
the TOSHIBA Assist on your desktop select the
SECURE tab and start the Supervisor
password utility.
To set a user password, select the SECURE tab
on TOSHIBA Assist, then start the User
password utility. On the Password tab you can
register a user password.
This product has a fingerprint utility installed for
the purpose of enrolling and recognizing
fingerprints. (depending on the model
purchased.) By enrolling the ID and password to
the fingerprint authentication device, it is no
longer necessary to input the password from the
keyboard. Just by swiping the finger against the
fingerprint sensor, the following functions will be
enabled:
■
Log-on to Windows and access a security
enabled homepage through IE (Internet
Explorer).
■
Files and folders can be encrypted/decrypted
and third party access to them prevented.
■
Disable the password-protected screensaver
when returning from power-saving (Sleep)
mode.
■
System boot authentication and Single Touch
Boot feature.
■
Power on Security and Single Sign On
feature.
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