Table 5. Security menu items (continued)

Menu item

Submenu item

Selection

Comments

 

 

 

 

 

Memory Protection

Execution Prevention

Disabled

Some computer viruses

 

 

Enabled

and worms cause memory

 

 

buffers to overflow by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

running code where only

 

 

 

 

data is allowed. If the

 

 

 

 

Data Execution Prevention

 

 

 

 

feature can be used with

 

 

 

 

your operating system, then

 

 

 

 

by selecting Enabled you

 

 

 

 

can protect your computer

 

 

 

 

against attacks by such

 

 

 

 

viruses and worms. If after

 

 

 

 

choosing Enabled you find

 

 

 

 

that a program does not run

 

 

 

 

correctly, select Disabled

 

 

 

 

and reset the setting.

 

 

 

 

 

Virtualization

AMD-V Technology

Disabled

If you select Enabled, a

 

 

Enabled

Virtual Machine Monitor

 

 

(VMM) can utilize the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

additional hardware

 

 

 

 

capabilities provided by

 

 

 

 

Virtualization Technology.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Intel VT-d Feature

Disabled

Intel VT-d is Intel

 

 

Enabled

Virtualization Technology

 

 

for Directed I/O. When

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

enabled, a VMM can utilize

 

 

 

 

the platform infrastructure

 

 

 

 

for I/O virtualization.

 

 

 

 

Note: This sub-menu is not

 

 

 

 

available in models with an

 

 

 

 

AMD CPU.

 

 

 

 

 

I/O Port Access

Ethernet LAN

Disabled

If you select Enabled, you

 

 

Enabled

can use the Ethernet LAN

 

 

device.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wireless LAN

Disabled

If you select Enabled, you

 

 

Enabled

can use the Wireless LAN

 

 

device.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wireless WAN

Disabled

If you select Enabled, you

 

 

Enabled

can use the Wireless WAN

 

 

device.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bluetooth

Disabled

If you select Enabled,

 

 

Enabled

you can use the Bluetooth

 

 

device.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USB Port

Disabled

If you select Enabled,

 

 

Enabled

you can use the USB

 

 

connectors.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memory Card Slot

Disabled

If you select Enabled, you

 

 

Enabled

can use the memory

 

 

card slot for SD or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MultiMediaCard.

 

 

 

 

 

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Lenovo X131E manual Menu item Submenu item Selection Comments Memory Protection, Virtualization, Port Access