Toshiba Satellite S50a Manual

111Utilities
Password Utility
Deleting a supervisor password
To delete a supervisor password:
1To access Supervisor Password from the Start screen 
begin typing 
Password Utility.
2Click or touch 
Password Utility.
A pop-up screen appears asking for a password.
3Enter your password, and then click or touch 
Verify.
4Click or touch 
Supervisor Password.
5Click or touch 
Delete.
An authority verification pop-up screen appears.
6Click or touch 
Delete.
7Enter the password, and then click or touch 
Verify....

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Password Utility
To register a password for the power-on password functions:
1To access User Password from the Start screen begin 
typing 
Password Utility.
2Click or touch 
Password Utility.
3Click or touch 
User Password.
 (Sample Image) User Password tab
4Click or touch Set.
5Enter your password, and then enter it again to verify.
6Click or touch 
Set.
7Click or touch 
OK to save your password as a text file.
Password Utility will suggest “memo.txt” for the text file 
name. If you have...

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Password Utility
Deleting a user password
To cancel the power-on password function:
1To access User Password from the Start screen begin 
typing 
Password Utility.
2Click or touch 
Password Utility.
A pop-up screen appears asking for a password.
3Enter your password, and then click or touch 
Verify.
4Click or touch 
Delete.
An authority verification pop-up screen appears.
5Click or touch 
Delete.
6Enter the password, and then click or touch 
Verify.
7Click or touch 
OK to exit. 

114Utilities
System Settings
System Settings
System Settings is the TOSHIBA configuration management 
tool available through the Windows® operating system. To 
access it:
1To access System Settings from the Start screen begin 
typing 
System Settings.
2Click or touch 
System Settings.
The System Settings screen appears.
   (Sample Image) System Settings screen – General tab 
options
The System Settings screen may have the following tabs:
❖
Boot Options—Allows you to change the sequence in 
which your...

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System Settings
❖General—Allows you to view the current BIOS version 
or change certain settings back to their default values
❖
Keyboard—Allows you to access the wake-on 
keyboard function, or to configure the function keys
❖
LAN—Allows you to set networking functions
❖
SATA—Allows you to set conditions for SATA
❖
Sleep Utilities—Allows you to enable or disable Sleep 
and Charge/Sleep and Music functions.
❖
Sleep and Charge—Allows you to charge USB 
compatible external devices
❖
USB—Allows...

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Sleep Utilities
Sleep Utilities
This utility displays whether the “USB Sleep and Charge 
function” is enabled or disabled and shows the position of 
the USB port that supports the “USB Sleep and Charge 
function.”
1To access Sleep Utilities from the Start screen begin 
typing 
System Settings.
2Click or touch 
System Settings.
3Click or touch 
Sleep Utilities.
USB Sleep and Charge
Your computer can supply USB bus power (DC 5V) to the 
USB port even when the computer is in Sleep mode,...

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Sleep Utilities
❖When “USB Sleep and Charge function” is set to Enabled, 
USB bus power (DC 5V) will be supplied to the compatible 
port even when the power of the computer is turned 
OFF.USB bus power (DC 5V) is similarly supplied to the 
external devices which are connected to the compatible 
ports. However, some external devices cannot be charged 
solely by supplying USB bus power (DC 5V).As for the 
specifications of the external devices, please contact the 
device manufacturer or check...

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Sleep Utilities
Enabling/Disabling USB Sleep and Charge
This utility can be used to enable or disable the USB Sleep 
and Charge function. To enable this function, select 
Enable. 
To disable this function, toggle the Enable button to the 
Disabled position.
You can also control whether charging takes place when the 
computer is running on battery power. To do so, select or de-
select the 
Enable under Battery Mode check box in the 
utility.
If you enable charging when the computer is running...

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Function Key
With certain external devices, the USB Sleep and Charge 
function may not work no matter which charging mode 
you select. In those cases, disable USB Sleep and 
Charge in the utility and turn the computer on to charge 
the device, or use a different charging device.
Function Key
The Function option is disabled by default.
TOSHIBA Function Key enables you to activate functions by 
pressing specific keys either singly or in combination with 
Fn. 
Some functions show the toast...

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Recovery Media Creator
Recovery Media Creator
The Recovery Media Creator utility enables you to create 
recovery media that can be used to return your system to its 
out-of-box state, if necessary. For detailed information on 
using the utility to create recovery media, see “Creating 
recovery media” on page 47.
Service Station
The Service Station helps you keep your new computer 
running at its best by notifying you when updated software, 
firmware, documentation or other information is...