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Initialization and Administration of the Acer Security Platform
The initial status of the Acer Security Platform is disabled by default on delivery to the customer. This ensures that no flow of confidential information from the Acer Security Platform back to Acer can occur in this phase, as there are no shared secrets in any form.
Before you can take advantage of your Acer Security Platform you must:
•Enable the Acer Security Platform. To enable the chip, please see "Enabling or disabling Acer TPM security" on page 75.
•Setup your Acer Security Platform by starting the Acer Security Platform Initialization Wizard
•Setup Acer Security Platform Users by starting the Acer Security Platform User Initialization Wizard
Refer to Acer Security Platform Solution Tools for detailed information about the wizards and administrative tools.
If the Acer Security Platform and an Acer Security Platform User have been setup, you are ready to obtain an Infineon Trusted Platform Module based certificate.
User Authentication
For security reasons, you need to authenticate to the Acer Security Platform before you can use security features. E.g. file encryption requires your Basic User Key which is protected with your Basic User Password. Typing in this password
