Toshiba HW Setup Utility

Toshiba HW Setup Utility addresses Toshiba laptop owners that want to experience new features supported by the newest Toshiba products. This particular piece of software requires that you already deployed the Toshiba Value Added Package before installing it.

Notebook manufacturers these days fight the competition on both hardware and software and as almost the same hardware is available for each and every one of them, their software divisions are always trying to find new technologies to develop in order to keep the existing clients interested in their latest additions as well as draw the attention of potentially new customers.

Toshiba HW Setup Utility brings a few alluring features to the table, while also presenting some less intriguing but mandatory nonetheless characteristics. The interface of Toshiba HW Setup Utility is actually a simple panel with lots of tabs such dedicated to various option categories such as display, boot, keyboard, USB, LAN or SATA.

First things first, the Toshiba HW Setup Utility allows you to quickly and easily select the internal LCD and / or external monitor when the computer boots up, while also offering you the possibility to modify the boot settings including a very interesting one, the Panel Open - Power On feature.

This assures you only have to open up the LCD panel of your laptop in order for it to start, thus cutting down the time between that moment and the one you would actually have pressed the Power button. As long as you are extra careful when opening the lid of your laptop, this quite fancy option can be the thing for you.

Other entertaining options refer to the USB capability called ‘USB Sleep and Charge’ and this one never stops pumping the necessary voltage within your connected device even when you set your notebook to sleep or shut it down completely. While this feature does not work with every device on the market, its presence is welcome.

The Toshiba HW Setup Utility helps you setup your Toshiba laptop to match your very own preferences on some level, yet also succeeds in providing more than just the basics. It comes packing a fair number of useful options and a few new features, even though some of them may need a bit more time to be fully developed.