3 Easy Setup Guide for Small Business

This chapter is designed to demonstrate the basic steps to activate the most common and useful options within HP ProtectTools for Small Business. There are numerous tools and options available in this software that will allow you to fine-tune your preferences and set your access control. This Easy Setup Guide will focus on getting each module running with the least amount of setup effort and time. For additional information, just select the module you are interested in and click the ? or Help button in the upper right corner. This button will automatically provide information to help you with the currently displayed window.

Getting started

1.From the Windows desktop, open HP ProtectTools Security Manager by double-clicking the HP ProtectTools icon in the notification area located at the far right of the taskbar.

2.Enter your Windows password, or create a Windows password.

3.Complete the setup wizard.

NOTE: By default, HP ProtectTools Security Manager is set to Strong Authentication Policy.

This setting is designed to prevent unauthorized access while logged into Windows and should be used when high security is needed or if users are away from their systems frequently throughout the day. If you would like to change this setting, click the Session Policy tab, and make your selections.

To have HP ProtectTools Security Manager require authentication only once during the Windows login, follow this procedure.

1.From the Windows desktop, open HP ProtectTools Security Manager by double-clicking the HP ProtectTools icon in the notification area located at the far right of the taskbar.

2.In the left pane, click Administration, and then click Administrative Console.

3.In the left pane under System, select Authentication from the Security group.

4.Click the Session Policy tab, and then select the login combination requirements for the session. To reverse these selections, click Restore Defaults.

5.Click the Apply button when complete.

Password Manager

Passwords! We all have quite a number of them – especially if you regularly access websites or use applications that require you to log on. The normal user either uses the same password for every application and website, or gets really creative and promptly forgets which password goes with which application.

Password Manager can automatically remember your passwords or give you the ability to discern which sites to remember and which to omit. Once you sign on to the computer, Password Manager will provide your passwords or credentials for participating applications or websites.

When you access any application or website requiring credentials, Password Manager will automatically recognize the site, and will ask if you want the software to remember your information. If you want to exclude certain sites, you can decline the request.

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