Table 5. Security menu items (continued)
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| Password at restart | • | Disabled | If you select and enable |
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| • | Enabled | Password at restart, |
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| displayed when you restart |
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| the computer. If you select |
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| Disabled, no password |
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| prompt is displayed; the |
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| computer goes ahead and |
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| loads the operating system. |
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| To prevent unauthorized |
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| access, set the user |
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| authentication on the |
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| operating system. |
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| • | Disabled | Refer to | |
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| • | Enabled | password” on page 46. |
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| Hard Disk1 Password | • | Disabled | Refer to “Hard disk |
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| • | Enabled | passwords” on page |
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UEFI BIOS Update Option | Flash BIOS Updating by | • | Disabled | If you select Enabled, |
| • | Enabled | all users can update the | |
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| UEFI BIOS. If you select | ||
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| Disabled, only the person |
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| who knows the supervisor |
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| password can update the |
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| UEFI BIOS. |
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| Secure RollBack Prevention | • | Disabled | If you select Disabled, you |
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| • | Enabled | can flash the older version |
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| UEFI BIOS. | ||
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Memory Protection | Execution Prevention | • | Disabled | Some computer viruses |
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| • | Enabled | and worms cause memory |
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| buffers to overflow by | ||
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| running code where only |
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| data is allowed. If the |
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| Data Execution Prevention |
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| feature can be used with |
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| your operating system, then |
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| by selecting Enabled you |
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| can protect your computer |
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| against attacks by such |
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| viruses and worms. If after |
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| choosing Enabled you find |
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| that a program does not run |
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| correctly, select Disabled |
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| and reset the setting. |
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