b.IntheConrmNewPasswor deld,retypethepasswordandpr essEnter .
•Tochangeapassword,dothefollowing:
a.IntheEnterCurrentPasswor deld,typethecurrentsupervisorpasswordandpressEnter.
b.IntheEnterNewP asswordeld,typethenewsupervisorpassword;thenretypethepassword
youjustenteredtoverifyitintheConrmNewPasswordeld.PressEnter.
•Toremoveapassword,dothefollowing:
a.IntheEnterCurrentPasswor deld,typethecurrentsupervisorpasswordandpressEnter.
b.LeavetheEnterNewPasswordandConrmNewPasswordeldsblank.PressEnter.
Attention:Youmightwantt orecor dyourpasswordandstoreitinasafeplace.Ifyouforgetyour
supervisorpassword,Lenovocannotresetyourpassword.YoumusttakeyourcomputertoaLenovo
reselleroraLenovomarketingrepresentativetohavethesystemboardreplaced.P roofofpurchaseis
required,andafeewillbechargedforpartsandservice.
9.IntheSetupNoticewindowthatisdisplayed,pressEntertocontinue.
10.PressFn+F10.TheSetupConrmationwindowopens.SelectYestosavecongurationchanges
andexit.
ThenexttimeyouopentheThinkPadSetupprogram,youwillbepromptedtotypeyourpasswordtoproceed.
Harddisksecurity
Toprotectpasswordsfromunauthorizedsecurityattacks,severalofthelat esttechnologiesandalgorithms
areint egratedintoUEFIBIOSandhardwaredesignofThinkP adnotebookcomputers.
Tomaximizesecurity,dothefollowing:
•Setapower -onpasswor daswellasaharddiskpasswordforyourinternalsolid-statedriveorharddisk
drive.Refertotheproceduresin“P ower-onpassword”onpage38and“Harddiskpasswords”onpage
38.Forsecurity,alongerpasswordisrecommended.
•ToprovidereliablesecurityforUEFIBIOS,usethesecuritychipandasecurityapplicationwithaTrust ed
PlatformModule(TPM)managementfeature.Referto“Settingthesecuritychip”onpage43.
•Ifaharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrivewithencryptiontechnologyisinstalledonyourcomputer,besure
topr otectthecontentsofyourcomputermemoryfromunauthorizedaccessbyuseofdriveencryption
software,suchasMicrosoftWindowsBitLocker®DriveEncryption.See“UsingWindowsBitLocker
DriveEncryption”onpage42.
•Beforeyoudisposeof,sell,orhandoveryourcomputer ,besuretodeletedatastor edonit.Referto
“Noticeondeletingdatafromyourhar ddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive”onpage44.
Note:TheharddiskdrivebuiltintoyourcomputercanbeprotectedbyUEFIBIOS.
UsingWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryption
Tohelpprotectyourcomputeragainstunauthorizedaccess,besuret ousedriveencryptionsoftware,such
asWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryption.
WindowsBitL ockerDriveEncryptionisanintegralsecurityfeatur eofWindows8.ItissupportedinthePr o
andEnterpriseeditionsoftheWindows8operatingsystem.Itcanhelpyouprotecttheoperatingsystem
anddatastoredonyourcomputer,evenifyourcomputerislostorstolen.BitLockerworksbyencrypting
alluserandsystemles,includingtheswaples.
BitLockerusesaTrustedPlatformModuletoprovideenhancedprotectionforyourdataandtoensureearly
bootcomponentintegrity.AcompatibleTPMisdenedasaV1.2TPM.
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