HP ProtectTools password guidelines - White Paper

4
HP keyboards supported
Common name in Windows Vista or Windows 7
Code (hex)
US
US
0409
US (International)
United States-International
20409
HP ProtectTools Security Manager filter logic
To prevent the user from being locked out by the Preboot Security or Drive Encryption logins, HP
ProtectTools Security Manager uses a password filter to reject Windows passwords that may be
unacceptable. The logic behind the password filter is shown in Figure 1. After a ProtectTools user enters
or changes a password, Security Manager verifies that each character entered can be typed by the
keyboard layout loaded into the current user‟s profile. If a character is not supported, the password is
rejected.
Figure 1. Operational logic of the ProtectTools Security Manager password filter