- Lenovo Personal Computer User's Guide

Chapter4.Security

Thischapterprovidesinformationabouthowtoprotectyourcomputerfromtheftandunauthorizeduse.

Securityfeatures

Thefollowingsecurityfeaturesareavailableonyourcomputer:

•ComputraceAgentsoftwareembeddedinrmware

TheComputraceAgentsoftwareisanITassetmanagementandcomputertheftrecoverysolution.

Thesoftwaredetectsifchangeshavebeenmadeonthecomputer,suchashardware,software,or

thecomputercall-inlocation.

Note:YoumighthavetopurchaseasubscriptiontoactivatetheComputraceAgentsoftware.

•AbilitytoenableanddisabledevicesandUSBconnectors

Formoreinformation,see“Enablingordisablingadevice”onpage45.

•Integratedngerprintreader(availableonsomemodels)

Dependingonthemodelsofyourcomputer,thekeyboardmayhaveanintegratedngerprintreader.

ByenrollingyourngerprintandassociatingitwithaPower-onPassword,aHardDiskPassword,or

bothpasswordsbeforehand,youcanstartthecomputer,logontothesystem,andentertheSetup

Utilityprogrambyswipingyourngeroverthereader,withouttypingapassword.Thusngerprint

authenticationcanreplacepasswordsandenablesimpleandsecureuseraccess.

•Startupsequencecontrol

Formoreinformation,see“Selectingorchangingthestartupdevicesequence”onpage45

•Startupwithoutkeyboardormouse

Yourcomputerisabletologintotheoperatingsystemwithoutkeyboardormouseconnected.