User Guide

3.Followstep11andstep12abovein“Settingasupervisorpassword”onpage94tochangeyour
supervisorpassword.
Toremovethepassword,dothefollowing:
1.IntheEnterCurrentPasswordeld,typethecurrentsupervisorpassword.
2.LeavetheEnterNewPasswordandConrmNewPasswordeldsinblank.
3.Followstep11andstep12abovein“Settingasupervisorpassword”onpage94toremoveyour
supervisorpassword.
Harddisksecurity
Yourcomputersupportsanenhancedsecuritysolutionforsolidstatedriveorharddiskdrive.Toprotect
passwordsfromunauthorizedsecurityattacks,severalofthelatesttechnologiesandalgorithmsare
integratedintoUEFIBIOSandhardwaredesignofThinkPadnotebooks.
Tomaximizesecurity,dothefollowing:
1.Setapower-onpasswordaswellasaharddiskpasswordforyourinternalsolidstatedriveorharddisk
drive.Refertotheproceduresin“Power-onpassword”onpage90and“Harddiskpasswords”onpage
91
.Forsecurity,alongerpasswordisrecommended.
2.ToprovidereliablesecurityforUEFIBIOS,usethesecuritychipandasecurityapplicationwithaTrusted
PlatformModulemanagementfeature.Referto“Settingthesecuritychip”onpage96
.
Note:MicrosoftWindows7andWindowsVistasupportTPMmanagementfeature.
3.Ifa“DiskEncryptionharddiskdriveandEncryptionsolidstatedrive”onpage96isinstalledinyour
computer,besuretoprotectthecontentsofyourcomputermemoryfromunauthorizedaccessbyuse
ofdriveencryptionsoftware,suchasMicrosoftWindowsBitLocker
®
DriveEncryptioninWindows7and
WindowsVista.Referto“UsingWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryption”onpage95
.
4.Beforeyoudisposeof,sell,orhandoveryourcomputer,makesuretodeletedatastoredonit.Referto
“Noticeondeletingdatafromyourharddiskdriveorsolidstatedrive”onpage105.
Notes:Thefollowingdrive(s)canbeprotectedbyUEFIBIOS:
•Theharddiskdrivebuiltintoyourcomputer.
UsingWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryption
Tohelpprotectyourcomputerfrombeingsubjecttounauthorizedaccess,besuretousedriveencryption
software,suchasWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryption.
WindowsBitLockerDriveEncryptionisanintegralsecurityfeatureofWindows7andWindowsVista.Itis
supportedinUltimateandEnterpriseeditionsofWindows7andWindowsVista.Itcanhelpyouprotectthe
operatingsystemanddatastoredinyourcomputerdata,evenifyourcomputerislostorstolen.BitLocker
worksbyencryptingalluserandsystemles,includingtheswapandhibernationles.
BitLockerusesaTrustedPlatformModuletoprovideenhancedprotectionforyourdataandtoensureearly
bootcomponentintegrity.AcompatibleTPMisdenedasaV1.2TPM.
TochecktheBitLockerstatus,dothefollowing:
•ForWindows7:ClickStart➙ControlPanel➙SystemandSecurity➙BitLockerDriveEncryption.
•ForWindowsVista:ClickStart➙ControlPanel➙Security➙BitLockerDriveEncryption.
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