HP Business Notebook and Desktop PC F10 setup overview Technical White Paper Technical white paper

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Feature Function Default setting,
if applicable
Reboot
required
• At least one upper-case
character required
Allows the administrator to require at least one upper case
character, such as A, B, C, or D for F10 power-on password
Disabled No
• At least one lower-case
character required
Allows the administrator to require at least one lowercase
character, such as a, b, c, or d for F10 power-on password
Disabled No
• Are spaces allowed in
password?
Allows the administrator to permit spaces, such as “New York,” in
F10 power-on password
Disabled No
Change Password Change BIOS user password No
Fingerprint Reset on
Reboot (if present)
Clears all registered fingerprints Disabled Yes
HP SpareKey Allows users to establish a set of failsafe questions in the event
the power-on password is lost
Enabled No
HP SpareKey Enrollment Allows user configuration of HP SpareKey by answering any three
of ten questions for enrollment
No
• Enrollment questions
• What was the name of the first school you attended?
• What is the name of your first pet?
• What is your father’s middle name?
• What is your mother’s middle name?
• Who was your first employer?
• Who was your first teacher?
• What city were you born in?
• In what city was your mother born?
• In what city was your father born?
No
• Reset HP SpareKey
Questions and Answers
Deletes current challenge-and-answer questions No
USER MANAGEMENT
User Management Allows BIOS Administrator to manage BIOS and HP Client
Security Software Suite Users – for example, for BIOS users, the
admin can:
• Create additional users
• Specify privilege levels
• Create passwords (which can be changed by the individual
user)
No
Set Security Level Allows administrator to restrict visibility or configurability of F10
Setup options for standard users
Yes
Restore Security Defaults Restores the security level of F10 Setup options to default Yes
EMBEDDED SECURITY
HP Sure Start Only supported on EliteBook and ZBook notebooks N/A
Verify Boot Block on
every boot
Verify the integrity of the system’s boot block on boot. Disabled Yes
• BIOS Data Recovery
Policy
Recover System Data (For manual recovery during boot up press
(Up Arrow + Down Arrow + ESC) to restore System Data
Automatic Yes
• Restore Network
Configuration to factory
defaults
Restore the network address and other network parameters to
factory default
Yes