Table5.Securitymenuitems(continued)
MenuitemSubmenuitemSelectionComments
Power-OnPassword•Disabled
•Enabled
Referto“Power-on
password”onpage50.
HardDisk1Password•Disabled
•Enabled
Referto“Harddisk
passwords”onpage
50.
FlashBIOSUpdatingby
End-Users
•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectEnabled,
alluserscanupdatethe
UEFIBIOS.Ifyouselect
Disabled,onlytheperson
whoknowsthesupervisor
passwordcanupdatethe
UEFIBIOS.
UEFIBIOSUpdateOption
SecureRollBackP revention•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectDisabled,you
canashtheolderversion
UEFIBIOS.
MemoryProtectionExecutionPrevention•Disabled
•Enabled
Somecomputerviruses
andwormscausememory
bufferstooverowby
runningcodewhereonly
dataisallowed.Ifthe
DataExecutionPrevention
featurecanbeusedwith
youroperatingsystem,then
byselectingEnabledyou
canprotectyourcomputer
againstattacksbysuch
virusesandworms.Ifafter
choosingEnabledyound
thataprogramdoesnotrun
correctly,selectDisabled
andresetthesetting.
IntelVirtualization
Technology
AMD-VTechnology
•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectEnabled,a
VirtualMachineMonitor
(VMM)canutilizethe
additionalhardware
capabilitiesprovidedby
VirtualizationTechnology.
Virtualization
IntelVT-dFeature•Disabled
•Enabled
IntelVT -disIntel
VirtualizationTechnology
forDirectedI/O.When
enabled,aVMMcanutilize
theplatforminfrastructure
forI/Ovirtualization.
Note:Thissub-menuisnot
supportedinmodelswith
anAMDCPU.
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