I know this sounds snarky but read chapter 7 pages 1-3 of the users
manual
http://209.167.114.38/support/Download/files_downloads/PTA20C/TA20EXUM.pdf
What it is that you are trying (or should be trying) to do is set the
password to "Not Registered"
| In | Trevor L. <
[email protected]> had this to say:
|
| My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
|
| > Galen wrote:
| >> In | >> Trevor L. <
[email protected]> had this to say:
| >>
| >> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
| >
| > Galen,
| > I tried exactly what you said (I think), but it doesn't work
| >
| > I removed the battery pack. Then I replaced it and the power cord
and
| > opened the lid. It immediately said:
| > passsword=
| >
| > So I pressed and held the power button for 5 or so seconds. It
turned
| > off, so I then pressed it again and it said:
| > passsword=
| >
| > I did try the Toshiba set up before and it said "Set/Reset the
| > password", but as much as I tried, I couldn't find the option
"Remove
| > the password" Yes, that is how I got there in the first place ;-)
| >
| > Is there some sequence I am not following, because what you say
makes
| > perfect sense? I just must be doing something in the wrong order.
| >
| > My wife (it is her computer) keeps berating me with "I didn't want
| > this password set, just the Windows one." (Somehow the Windows XP
| > password didn't come up. Now I have two coming up.)
| >
| > In much frustration,
| > Trevor L.
| > Website:
http://tandcl.homemail.com.au
| >
| >
| >
| >>> Leasider and Galen
| >>>
| >>> Leasider wrote:
| >>>>
http://loginrecovery.com/
| >>>
| >>> Galen wrote:
| >>>> Toshiba... Hmm... Should be able to remove the battery pack
(and
| >>>> unplug it from the wall) then press and hold the power button
for
| >>>> five seconds??? Might be 8 or 10 seconds so hold it down at
least
| >>>> ten seconds I guess. IIRC that's the Toshiba easy method.
| >>>
| >>> I am not trying to find a way to start the laptop because I
don't
| >>> know the password or to recover an unknown password. I do know
it.
| >>> It is just annoying that I have to enter it.
| >>>
| >>> What I want to do is remove the prompt to enter the password
| >>> altogether, beacuse there is already a prompt from Windows XP
for a
| >>> password. Once is enough, twice is too many times
| >>>
| >>> Any ideas from anyone?
| >>
| >> Yes, the steps to remove it? In other words if you'd done the
| >> suggestion I'd sent it should have cleared your password - note
that
| >> I say should as I'm sure that there's at least one laptop that
| >> doesn't follow that process. Alternatively (and I don't remember
the
| >> version of BIOS you have so I don't KNOW for certain how it's
done so
| >> that answer wasn't given) you can press F* (F2 maybe? Might have
to
| >> press the Fn key first and I *think* it's F2 for Toshiba lappies
with
| >> Award BIOSes???) and enter the "BIOS Setup Utility" or "System
| >> Configuration Utility" (or something similar) and root about in
there
| >> for the option to disable the password. Of course, alternatively,
you
| >> could likely have pulled the battery and pressed/held the power
| >> button and it would reset to blank by default without needing to
risk
| >> playing about in the setup utility which is how you got here in
the
| >> first place?
| >> --
| >> Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
| >>
http://dts-l.org/
| >>
| >> "My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the
commonplaces
| >> of existence." - Sherlock Holmes
|
| Close but no cigar.
|
| Remove the battery...
| Remove the cord...
| Press & Hold the power button (give it 10 seconds)...
| Replace cord and battery...
|
| That *should* do the trick? If not then you'll have to keep rooting
in the
| Setup Utility (pre-boot of the OS while still in the process of
starting is
| where you'd enter that) to find it. Sometimes it's under
administrative,
| sometimes it's even nicely labeled as security.
|
| --
| Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
|
http://dts-l.org/
|
| "My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces
of
| existence." - Sherlock Holmes
|
|
