HP ProtectTools Troubleshooting Guide
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HP ProtectTools Troubleshooting Guide
HP ProtectTools Embedded 
Security—Automatic 
backup does not work with 
mapped drive
When an administrator sets 
up Automatic Backup in 
Embedded Security, it creates 
an entry in Windows > 
Tasks > Scheduled Task. 
This Windows Scheduled 
Task is set to use NT 
AUTHORITY\ SYSTEM for 
rights to execute the backup. 
This works properly to any 
local drive.
When the administrator 
instead configures the 
Automatic Backup to save to 
a mapped drive, the process 
fails because the NT 
AUTHORITY\SYSTEM does 
not have the rights to use the 
mapped drive.
If the Automatic Backup is 
scheduled to occur upon 
login, Embedded Security 
TNA Icon displays the 
following message: The 
Backup Archive location 
is currently not 
accessible. Click here if 
you want to backup to a 
temporary archive until 
the Backup Archive is 
accessible again. If the 
Automatic Backup is 
scheduled for a specific time, 
however, the backup fails 
without displaying notice of 
the failure.
The workaround is to change the NT 
AUTHORITY\SYSTEM to (computer 
name)\(admin name). This is the default setting 
if the Scheduled Task is created manually.
HP is working to provide future product releases 
with default settings that include computer 
name\admin name.
HP ProtectTools Embedded 
Security—Unable to 
disable Embedded Security 
State temporarily in 
Embedded Security GUI
The current 4.0 software was 
designed for HP Notebook 
1.1B implementations, as 
well as supporting HP 
Desktop 1.2 implementations.
This option to disable is still 
supported in the software 
interface for TPM 1.1 
platforms.
HP will address this issue in future releases.
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