Table5.Securitymenuitems(continued)
SubmenuitemSelectionComments
SecurityChip•Active
•Inactive
•Disabled
Ifyouselect“Active,”SecurityChip
isfunctional.Ifyouselect“Inactive,”
SecurityChipisvisible,butisnot
functional.Ifyouselect“Disabled,”
SecurityChipishiddenandisnot
functional.
SecurityReportingOptionsEnableordisablethefollowing
SecurityReportingOptions.
•BIOSROMStringReporting:BIOS
textstring
•ESCDReporting:Extended
systemcongurationdata
•CMOSReporting:CMOSdata
•NVRAMReporting:Securitydata
storedintheAssetID
•SMBIOSReporting:SMBIOSdata
ClearSecurityChip•EnterCleartheencryptionkey.
Note:Onlyifyouselect“Active”for
SecurityChip,thisitemappears.
Intel®TXTFeature•Disabled
•Enabled
EnableordisableIntelTrusted
ExecutionTechnology.
UEFIBIOSUpdateOption
FlashBIOSUpdatingbyEnd-Users•Disabled
•Enabled
Ifyouselect“Enabled,”allusers
canupdatetheUEFIBIOS.Ifyou
select“Disabled,”onlytheperson
whoknowssupervisorpasswordcan
updatetheUEFIBIOS.
FlashOverLAN•Disabled
•Enabled
Enableyourcomputer'sUEFIBIOSto
beupdated(ashed)overanactive
networkconnection.
MemoryProtection
ExecutionPrevention•Disabled
•Enabled
Somecomputervirusesandworms
causememorybufferstooverow
byrunningcodewhereonlydata
isallowed.IftheDataExecution
Preventionfeaturecanbeused
withyouroperatingsystem,thenby
selecting“Enabled”youcanprotect
yourcomputeragainstattacksby
suchvirusesandworms.Ifafter
choosing“Enabled”youndthatan
applicationprogramdoesnotrun
correctly,select“Disabled”andreset
thesetting.
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