ProtectTools (Select Models Only) - Windows Vista

Table of contents
1 Introduction
Accessing the HP ProtectTools Security Manager ............................................................................... 2
Understanding security roles ................................................................................................................ 2
Managing HP ProtectTools passwords ................................................................................................ 3
Creating a secure password ................................................................................................ 5
2 Smart Card Security for HP ProtectTools
Initializing the smart card ...................................................................................................................... 7
Smart card BIOS security mode ........................................................................................................... 8
Enabling smart card BIOS security mode and setting the smart card administrator
password ............................................................................................................................. 9
Disabling smart card BIOS security mode ........................................................................... 9
Changing the smart card administrator password ............................................................. 10
Setting and changing the smart card user password ......................................................... 11
Storing the administrator or user card password ............................................................... 12
General tasks ..................................................................................................................................... 13
Updating BIOS smart card settings ................................................................................... 13
Selecting the smart card reader ......................................................................................... 13
Changing the smart card PIN ............................................................................................ 13
Backing up and restoring smart cards ............................................................................... 14
Creating a recovery file ..................................................................................... 14
Restoring smart card data ................................................................................. 15
Creating a backup smart card ........................................................................... 16
3 Java Card Security for HP ProtectTools
General tasks ..................................................................................................................................... 18
Changing a Java Card PIN ................................................................................................ 18
Selecting the smart card reader ......................................................................................... 18
Advanced tasks (administrators only) ................................................................................................ 19
Assigning a Java Card PIN ................................................................................................ 19
Assigning a name to a Java Card ...................................................................................... 20
Setting power-on authentication ........................................................................................ 20
Enabling Java Card power-on authentication and creating an administrator
Java Card .......................................................................................................... 21
Creating a user Java Card ................................................................................ 22
Disabling Java Card power-on authentication ................................................... 22
Backing up and restoring Java Cards ................................................................................ 23
Creating a recovery file ..................................................................................... 23
Restoring Java Card data ................................................................................. 24
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