Dell PP12S manual About Smart Cards, Installing a Smart Card

About Smart Cards

Smart cards are portable credit-card shaped devices with internal integrated circuits. The top surface of the smart card usually contains an embedded processor under the gold contact pad. The combination of the small size and integrated circuits make smart cards valuable tools for security, data storage, and special programs. Using smart cards can improve system security by combining something a user has (the smart card) with something only the user should know (a PIN) to provide more secure user-authentication than passwords alone.

For more information about how to secure your Tablet-PC, see "Securing Your Tablet-PC" on page 111.

Installing a Smart Card

You can install a smart card in the Tablet-PC while the Tablet-PC is running. The Tablet-PC automatically detects the card.

To install a smart card:

NOTE: You can use smart cards with your Tablet-PC only if you have also purchased the optional smart-card reader that installs into the ExpressCard slot.

1Hold the card so that the gold contact pad is facing upward and pointing toward the smart-card reader’s slot.

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1 gold contact pad 2 smart card (top)

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