Lenovo X131E manual Security menu, Menu item Submenu item Selection Comments Password

• F6 or the combination of Shift and +: Change to a higher value.

4.Press F10 to save the changes and restart the system.

Security menu

If you need to set the security features of your computer, select Security from the ThinkPad Setup program main menu.

Notes:

•The default settings are already optimized for you. If you consider changing the computer configuration, proceed with extreme caution. Setting the configuration incorrectly might cause unexpected results.

•On each submenu, you can enable a function by selecting Enabled, or disable it by selecting Disabled.

The following submenu is displayed:

•Password: Set a password.

•UEFI BIOS Update Option: Specify the settings for Flash UEFI BIOS update.

•Memory Protection: Specify the settings for the Data Execution Prevention feature.

•Virtualization: Enable or disable the settings for Intel Virtualization Technology and Intel VT-d Feature (for models with an Intel CPU), or AMD-V™Technology (for models with an AMD CPU).

•I/O Port Access: Enable or disable the access to individual I/O ports.

•Anti-Theft: Enable or disable the UEFI BIOS interface to activate anti-theft services, such as Computrace.

The following table shows the contents of the Security menu.

Notes:

•Some items are displayed on the menu only if the computer supports the corresponding features.

•Default values are in boldface.

Table 5. Security menu items

Menu item	Submenu item	Selection		Comments
Password	Supervisor Password	•	Disabled	Refer to “Supervisor
		•	Enabled	password” on page 48.
	Lock UEFI BIOS Settings	•	Disabled	Enables or disables the
	(Windows 7)	•	Enabled	function that protects
	Lock UEFI Settings			items in the ThinkPad
	(Windows 8)			Setup program from
				being changed by a user
				who does not have the
				supervisor password.
				By default, this is set to
				Disabled. If you set the
				supervisor password and
				enable this function, no
				one but you can change
				any items in the ThinkPad
				Setup program.
	Security chip	•	Enabled	If you select Active, the
		•	Inactive	security chip is functional.
				If you select Inactive, the
		•	Disabled
				security chip is visible,
				but is not functional. If

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