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•Toremoveapassword,dothefollowing:
a.IntheEnterCurrentPasswordeld,typethecurrentsupervisorpasswordandpressEnter.
b.LeavetheEnterNewPasswordandConrmNewPasswordeldsblank.PressEnter.
Attention:Youmightwanttonotedownyourpasswordandkeepitinasafeplace.Ifyouforget
yoursupervisorpassword,Lenovocannotresetyourpassword.Youmusttakeyourcomputertoa
LenovoreselleroraLenovomarketingrepresentativetohavethesystemboardreplaced.Proofof
purchaseisrequired,andafeewillbechargedforpartsandservice.
9.IntheSetupNoticewindowthatisdisplayed,pressEntertocontinue.
10.PressF10.TheSetupConrmationwindowopens.SelectYestosavecongurationchangesandexit.
ThenexttimeyouopentheThinkPadSetupprogram,youwillbepromptedtotypeyourpasswordtoproceed.
Harddisksecurity
Toprotectpasswordsfromunauthorizedsecurityattacks,severalofthelatesttechnologiesandalgorithms
areintegratedintoUEFIBIOSandhardwaredesignofThinkPadnotebookcomputers.
Tomaximizesecurity,dothefollowing:
1.Setapower-onpasswordaswellasaharddiskpasswordforyourinternalsolidstatedriveorharddisk
drive.Refertotheproceduresin“Power-onpassword”onpage50and“Harddiskpasswords”onpage
50.Forsecurity,alongerpasswordisrecommended.
2.ToprovidereliablesecurityforUEFIBIOS,usethesecuritychipandasecurityapplicationwithaTrusted
PlatformModulemanagementfeature.Referto“Settingthesecuritychip”onpage55.
Note:MicrosoftWindows7supportsTPMmanagementfeature.
3.IfaDiskEncryptionharddiskdriveandEncryptionsolidstatedriveisinstalledinyourcomputer,
besuretoprotectthecontentsofyourcomputermemoryfromunauthorizedaccessbyuseofdrive
encryptionsoftware,suchasMicrosoftWindowsBitLocker
®
DriveEncryption,whichissupportedinthe
UltimateandEnterpriseeditionsoftheWindows7operatingsystem.See“UsingWindowsBitLocker
DriveEncryption”onpage54.
4.Beforeyoudisposeof,sell,orhandoveryourcomputer,makesuretodeletedatastoredonit.See
“Noticeondeletingdatafromyourharddiskdriveorsolidstatedrive”onpage59.
UsingWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryption
Tohelpprotectyourcomputeragainstunauthorizedaccess,besuretousedriveencryptionsoftware,such
asWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryption.
WindowsBitLockerDriveEncryptionisanintegralsecurityfeatureofWindows7.Itissupportedinthe
UltimateandEnterpriseeditionsoftheWindows7operatingsystem.Itcanhelpyouprotecttheoperating
systemanddatastoredonyourcomputer,evenifyourcomputerislostorstolen.BitLockerworksby
encryptingalluserandsystemles,includingtheswapandhibernationles.
BitLockerusesaTrustedPlatformModuletoprovideenhancedprotectionforyourdataandtoensureearly
bootcomponentintegrity.AcompatibleTPMisdenedasaV1.2TPM.
TochecktheBitLockerstatus(Windows7only),clickStart➙ControlPanel➙SystemandSecurity➙
BitLockerDriveEncryption.
FordetailsaboutWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryption,seetheWindows7helpinformationsystem,or
searchfor“MicrosoftWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryptionStep-by-StepGuide”ontheMicrosoftWebsite.
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