Table 2. Security menu items
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Password | Hardware Password | • | Disabled | Managing your |
| Manager | • | Enabled | password, and your hard disk passwords by the |
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| Supervisor Password | • | Disabled | See “Supervisor password” on page 32. |
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| Lock UEFI BIOS | • | Disabled | Enable or disable the function that protects items |
| Settings | • | Enabled | in ThinkPad Setup program from being changed |
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| password. By default, this is set to Disabled. If |
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| you set the supervisor password and enable this |
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| function, no one but you can change any items |
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| Password at | • | Disabled | If you select and enable Password at unattended |
| unattended boot | • | Enabled | boot, a password prompt is displayed when |
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| state or hibernation state. If you select Disabled, |
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| no password prompt is displayed; the tablet |
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| goes ahead and loads the operating system. |
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| To prevent unauthorized access, set the user |
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| authentication on the operating system. |
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| Password at restart | • | Disabled | If you select and enable Password at restart, a |
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| • | Enabled | password prompt is displayed when you restart |
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| the tablet. If you select Disabled, no password | ||
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| prompt is displayed; the tablet goes ahead |
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| and loads the operating system. To prevent |
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| unauthorized access, set the user authentication |
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| on the operating system. |
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| Set Minimum Length | • | Disabled | Specify a minimum length for |
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| • | x characters | passwords and hard disk passwords. If you set |
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| the supervisor password and specify a minimum | ||
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| (4≤x≤12) | |
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| length for passwords, no one but you can change | |
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| the length. |
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| • | Disabled | See | |
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| • | Enabled |
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| Hard Disk 1 Password | • | Disabled | See “Hard disk passwords” on page 30. |
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Security Chip | Security Chip | • | Active | If you select Active, the security chip is functional. |
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| • | Inactive | If you select Inactive, the Security Chip option |
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| is visible, but the security chip is not functional. If | ||
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| • | Disabled | |
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| you select Disabled, the Security Chip option is | ||
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| hidden and the security chip is not functional. |
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| Security Reporting | • | Disabled | Enable or disable the following Security Reporting |
| Options | • | Enabled | Options: |
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| • BIOS ROM String Reporting: BIOS text string |
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| • CMOS Reporting: CMOS data |
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| Clear Security Chip | • | Enter | Clear the encryption key. |
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| Note: This item is displayed only if you have |
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| selected Active for the Security Chip option. |
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