Table 5. Security menu items (continued)
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Memory Protection | Execution Prevention | • | Disabled | Some computer viruses |
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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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| correctly, select Disabled |
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| and reset the setting. |
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Virtualization | • | Disabled | If you select Enabled, a | |
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| • | Enabled | Virtual Machine Monitor |
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| additional hardware |
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| capabilities provided by |
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| Virtualization Technology. |
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| Intel | • | Disabled | Intel |
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| • | Enabled | Virtualization Technology |
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| for Directed I/O. When | ||
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| enabled, a VMM can utilize |
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| the platform infrastructure |
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| for I/O virtualization. |
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| Note: This |
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| available in models with an |
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| AMD CPU. |
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I/O Port Access | Ethernet LAN | • | Disabled | If you select Enabled, you |
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| • | Enabled | can use the Ethernet LAN |
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| Wireless LAN | • | Disabled | If you select Enabled, you |
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| • | Enabled | can use the Wireless LAN |
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| Wireless WAN | • | Disabled | If you select Enabled, you |
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| • | Enabled | can use the Wireless WAN |
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| Bluetooth | • | Disabled | If you select Enabled, |
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| • | Enabled | you can use the Bluetooth |
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| USB Port | • | Disabled | If you select Enabled, |
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| • | Enabled | you can use the USB |
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| Memory Card Slot | • | Disabled | If you select Enabled, you |
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| • | Enabled | can use the memory |
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