User guide
Table5.Securitymenuitems(continued)
Menuitem
Submenuitem
Value
Comments
Predesktop
Authentication
•Disabled
•Enabled
Enableordisablengerprintauthentication
beforetheoperatingsystemisloaded.
ReaderPriority•External➙
Internal
•InternalOnly
IfExternal➙Internalisselected,anexternal
ngerprintreaderisusedifattached.Otherwise,
aninternalngerprintreaderisused.IfInternal
Onlyisselected,aninternalngerprintreader
isused.
SecurityMode
•Normal
•High
Ifngerprintauthenticationfails,youstillcan
startthecomputerbyenteringapassword.If
youhaveselectedNormal,enterapower-on
passwordorasupervisorpassword;ifyouhave
selectedHigh,enterasupervisorpassword.
Password
Authentication
•Disabled
•Enabled
Enableordisablepasswordauthentication.This
itemisavailablewhenhighsecuritymodeis
selected.
Fingerprint
ResetFingerprint
Data
•Enter
Thisoptionisusedtoeraseallngerprintdata
storedinthengerprintreaderandresetsettings
tothefactorystate.Asaresult,anypower-on
securityfeaturespreviouslyenabledwillnotbe
abletoworkuntiltheyarere-enabledinthe
ngerprintsoftware.
SecurityChip
•Active
•Inactive
•Disabled
IfyouselectActive,thesecuritychipis
functional.IfyouselectInactive,theSecurity
Chipoptionisvisible,butthesecuritychip
isnotfunctional.IfyouselectDisabled,the
SecurityChipoptionishiddenandthesecurity
chipisnotfunctional.
SecurityReporting
Options
ThisoptionisavailablewhenSecurityChip
isactive.Itisusedtoenableordisablethe
followingSecurityReportingOptions:
•BIOSROMStringReporting(Windows7)or
UEFIROMStringReporting(Windows8):
BIOStextstring
•CMOSReporting:CMOSdata
•NVRAMReporting:Securitydatastoredin
theAssetID
•SMBIOSReporting:SMBIOSdata
ClearSecurityChip
•Enter
Cleartheencryptionkey.
Note:Thisitemisdisplayedonlyifyouhave
selectedActivefortheSecurityChipoption.
IntelTXTFeature•Disabled
•Enabled
EnableordisabletheIntelTrustedExecution
Technology.
Note:Thisitemisdisplayedonlyifyouhave
selectedActivefortheSecurityChipoption.
PhysicalPresence
forProvisioning
•Disabled
•Enabled
Enableordisabletheconrmationmessage
whenyouchangethesettingsofthesecurity
chip.
SecurityChip
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