•MemoryProtection:SpecifythesettingsfortheDataExecutionPreventionfeatur e.
•Virtualization:EnableordisablethesettingsforIntelVirtualizationTechnologyandIntelVT-dFeature.
•I/OPortAccess:EnableordisabletheaccesstoindividualI/Oports.
•Anti-Theft:EnableordisableUEFIinterfacetoactivateAnti-Theftservices,suchasIntelAT-pand
Computrace.
Tosetapassword,gototheSecuritymenuandselectPasswor d.Thefollowingsubmenuisdisplayed:
•SupervisorPassword
•LockUEFISettings
•SetMinimumLength
•Passwordatunattendedboot
•Passwordatrestart
•Power-OnPassword
•HardDiskxPassword
Notes:
•HardDisk1meanstheharddiskdrivebuiltintoyourcomputer .
LockUEFISettingsenablesordisablesthefunctionthatprotectsitemsintheThinkPadSetupfrombeing
changedbyauserwhodoesnothavethesupervisorpassword.Bydefault,thisissettoEnabled.If
yousetthesupervisorpasswordandenablethisfunction,noonebutyoucanchangeanyitemsinthe
ThinkPadSetup.
IfyouselectSetMinimumLength,youcanspecifyaminimumlengthforpower-onpasswordsandhard
diskpasswords.Bydefault,thisissettoDisabled.Ifyousetthesupervisorpasswordandspecifya
minimumlengthforpasswords,noonebutyoucanchangethelength.
IfyouselectandenablePasswordatunattendedboot,apasswordpromptisdisplayedwhenthecomputer
isturnedon,fromeitherapower-offstateorhibernation.IfyouselectDisabled,nopasswordpromptis
displayed;thecomputergoesaheadandloadstheoperatingsystem.Topreventunauthorizedaccess,set
theuserauthenticationontheoperatingsystem.
IfyouselectandenablePasswordatrestart,apasswordpromptisdisplayedwhenyourestartthe
computer.IfyouselectDisabled,nopasswordpromptisdisplayed;thecomputergoesaheadandloadsthe
operatingsystem.Topreventunauthorizedaccess,settheuserauthenticationontheoperatingsyst em.
Startupmenu
Youmayneedtochangethestartupsequenceofyourcomputer.Forexample,ifyouhavedifferentoperating
systemsondifferentdevices,youcanhavethesystemstartupfromeitherofthem.
Attention:Afteryouchangeyourstartupsequence,youmustbeextremelycarefulnottospecifyawrong
deviceduringacopy,asave,oraformatoperation.Ifyouspecifyawrongdevice,yourdataandprograms
mightbeerasedoroverwritten.
Attention:IfyouareusingtheBitLocker®driveencryption,youshouldnotchangethestartupsequence.
BitLockerdriveencryptiondetectsthechangeofstartupsequenceandlocksthecomputerfrombooting.
Changingthestartupsequence
SelectingStartuptodisplaytheBootsubmenu.
Tochangethestartupsequence,dothefollowing:
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