c.Be sure that Initialize the smart card is selected.

d.Enter your PIN, click Apply, and then follow the on-screen instructions.

After the smart card has been successfully initialized, you need to register the smart card.

Registering the smart card

After initializing the smart card, administrators can register the card as an authentication method in HP ProtectTools Administrative Console:

1.Click Setup Wizard.

2.In the Welcome screen, click Next.

3.Enter your Windows password, and then click Next.

4.In the SpareKey page, click Skip SpareKey Setup (unless you want to update the SpareKey information), and then click Next.

5.In the Enable security features page, click Next.

6.In the Choose your credentials page, be sure that Smart card is selected, and then click Next.

7.In the Smart card page, enter your PIN, and then click Next.

8.Click Finish.

Users can also register a smart card in Security Manager User Console. For more information, see the HP ProtectTools Security Manager software Help clicking the blue ? icon at the top right of the Smart card page.

Configuring the smart card

If a smart card reader is installed or connected to the computer, the Smart card page has two tabs:

●Settings—Select the Lock the computer upon smart card removal check box to configure the computer to automatically lock when a smart card is removed, and then click Apply.

NOTE: The computer locks only if the smart card was used as an authentication credential when logging on to Windows. Removing a smart card that was not used to log on to Windows does not lock the computer.

●Administration—Select from the following options:

◦Initialize the smart card—Prepares a smart card for use with HP ProtectTools. If a smart card has been previously initialized outside of HP ProtectTools (contains an asymmetric key-pair and associated certificate), it does not need to be initialized again, unless initialization with a specific certificate is desired.

◦Change smart card PIN—Enables you to change the PIN used with the smart card.

◦Erase HP ProtectTools data only—Erases only the HP ProtectTools certificate created during initialization of the card. No other data is erased from the card.

◦Erase all data on the smart card—Erases all data on the specified smart card. The card can no longer be used with HP ProtectTools or any other applications.

NOTE: Features that are not supported by your smart card or the associated middleware are not available.

▲Click Apply.

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