User Guide

Securitymenu
Ifyouneedtosetthesecurityfeaturesofyourcomputer,selectSecurityfromtheThinkPadSetupmenu.
Notes:
•Thedefaultsettingsarealreadyoptimizedforyou.Ifyouconsiderchangingthecomputerconguration,
proceedwithextremecaution.Settingthecongurationincorrectlymightcauseunexpectedresults.
•Ineachsubmenu,youcanenableafunctionbyselectingEnabled,ordisableitbyselectingDisabled.
Thefollowingsubmenuisdisplayed:
•Password:Setapasswordrelatedfunctions.
•Fingerprint:Setthengerprintreaderrelatedfunctions.
•SecurityChip:Setthesecuritychiprelatedfunctions.
•UEFIBIOSUpdateOption:SpecifythesettingsforFlashUEFIBIOSupdate.
•MemoryProtection:SpecifythesettingsfortheDataExecutionPreventionfeature.
•Virtualization:EnableordisablethesettingsforIntelVirtualizationTechnologyandIntelVT-dFeature.
•I/OPortAccess:EnableordisabletheaccesstoindividualI/Oports.
•Anti-Theft:EnableordisableUEFIBIOSinterfacetoactivateAnti-Theftservices,suchasIntelATand
Computrace.
Tosetapasswordrelatedfunctions,gototheSecuritymenuandselectPassword.Thefollowingsubmenu
isdisplayed:
•HardwarePasswordManager
•SupervisorPassword
•LockUEFIBIOSSettings
•SetMinimumLength
•Passwordatunattendedboot
•Passwordatrestart
•Power-OnPassword
•HardDiskxPassword
Notes:
•HardDisk1meanstheharddiskdrivebuiltintoyourcomputer.
•HardDisk2appearsonthePasswordsubmenuonlyifaharddiskdriveisinstalledintheserialUltrabay
enhanced.
IfyouselectandenableHardwarePasswordManager,youcanmanageyourpower-onpassword,
supervisorpassword,andyourharddiskpasswordsbythemanagementserver.Bydefault,thisisset
toEnabled.
LockUEFIBIOSSettingsenableordisablethefunctionthatprotectsitemsintheThinkPadSetupfrom
beingchangedbyauserwhodoesnothavethesupervisorpassword.Bydefault,thisissettoDisabled.
Ifyousetthesupervisorpasswordandenablethisfunction,noonebutyoucanchangeanyitemsinthe
ThinkPadSetup.
IfyouselectSetMinimumLength,youcanspecifyaminimumlengthforpower-onpasswordsandhard
diskpasswords.Bydefault,thisissettoDisabled.Ifyousetthesupervisorpasswordandspecifya
minimumlengthforpasswords,noonebutyoucanchangethelength.
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