Securitymenu
Ifyouneedtosetthesecurityfeaturesofyourcomputer,selectSecurityfromtheThinkPadSetupprogram
mainmenu.
Notes:
•Thedefaultsettingsarealreadyoptimizedforyou.Ifyouconsiderchangingthecomputerconguration,
proceedwithextremecaution.Settingthecongurationincorrectlymightcauseunexpectedresults.
•Oneachsubmenu,youcanenableafunctionbyselectingEnabled,ordisableitbyselectingDisabled.
Thefollowingsubmenuisdisplayed:
•Password:Setapassword.
•SecurityChip:Specifythesettingsforthesecuritychip.
•UEFIBIOSUpdateOption:SpecifythesettingsforFlashUEFIBIOSupdate.
•MemoryProtection:SpecifythesettingsfortheDataExecutionPreventionfeature.
•Virtualization:EnableordisablethesettingsforIntelVirtualizationTechnologyandIntelVirtualization
TechnologyforDirectedI/O(formodelswithanIntelmicroprocessor).
•I/OPortAccess:EnableordisabletheaccesstoindividualI/Oports.
•Anti-Theft:EnableordisabletheUEFIBIOSinterfacetoactivateanti-theftservices,suchasComputrace.
ThefollowingtableshowsthecontentsoftheSecuritymenu.
Notes:
•Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyifthecomputersupportsthecorrespondingfeatures.
•Defaultvaluesareinboldface.
Table5.Securitymenuitems
Menuitem
SubmenuitemSelectionComments
SupervisorPassword
•Disabled
•Enabled
Referto“Supervisor
password”onpage46.
LockUEFIBIOSSettings
•Disabled
•Enabled
Enablesordisablesthe
functionthatprotects
itemsintheThinkPad
Setupprogramfrom
beingchangedbyauser
whodoesnothavethe
supervisorpassword.
Bydefault,thisissetto
Disabled.Ifyousetthe
supervisorpasswordand
enablethisfunction,no
onebutyoucanchange
anyitemsintheThinkPad
Setupprogram.
SetMinimumLength
•Disabled
•Passwordlengthoptions
Specifyaminimumlength
forthepower-onpassword
andharddiskpassword.
Bydefault,thisissetto
Disabled.Ifyousetthe
supervisorpasswordand
specifyaminimumlength
Password
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