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 










