HP 610 G1 Configuring your system, Setting up authentication for your computer, Logon Policy

●About—Displays information about HP ProtectTools Security Manager, such as the version number and copyright notice.

●Main area—Displays application-specific screens.

?—Displays the Administrative Console Help. This icon is located at the top right of the window frame, next to the minimize and maximize icons.

Configuring your system

The System group is accessed from the menu panel on the left side of HP ProtectTools Administrative Console. You can use the applications in this group to manage the policies and settings for the computer, its users, and its devices.

The following applications are included in the System group:

●Security—Manage features, authentication, and settings governing how users interact with this computer.

●Users—Set up, manage, and register users of this computer.

●Credentials—Manage settings for security devices built into or attached to the computer and configure settings.

Setting up authentication for your computer

Within the Authentication application, you can set policies governing access to the computer. You can specify the credentials required to authenticate each class of user when logging on to Windows or logging on to websites and programs during a user session.

To set up authentication on your computer:

1.In the left panel of Administrative Console, click Security, and then click Authentication.

2.To configure logon authentication, click the Logon Policy tab, make changes, and then click Apply.

3.To configure session authentication, click the Session Policy tab, make changes, and then click Apply.

Logon Policy

To define policies governing the credentials required to authenticate a user when logging on to Windows:

1.In the left panel of Administrative Console, click Security, and then click Authentication.

2.On the Logon Policy tab, select a user category, such as Administrators or Standard users.

3.Click an authentication credential to display the edit dialog.

4.To require a combination of two authentication credentials, click the down arrow to select each credential, and then click OK.

5.To remove a credential, click the X, or right-click the credential, and then click Delete.

6.Click Yes on the configuration dialog.

7.To confirm whether users can log on, click Check that HP ProtectTools can log on.

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