Acer Edatasecurity Management (Only For Certain Models) - Acer Extensa 5630 Service Manual

3. Click the Battery tab to view remaining battery life, battery status, and remaining battery life in standby
and hibernate modes.
Acer eDataSecurity Management
Acer eDataSecurity Management is an encryption utility that protects your files from being accessed by
unauthorized persons. It is conveniently integrated with Windows Explorer as a shell extension for quick data
encryption/decryption and also supports on-the-fly file encryption for Lotus Notes and Microsoft Outlook.
On first use, the Acer eDataSecurity Management setup wizard will prompt you to create the Master
Password. You will use this password to access the Personal Secure Disk (PSD). The Master Password may
also be used to encrypt/decrypt files by default.
If you set a different password to encrypt a file, but you forgot the encryption password, you can use the
Master Password to decrypt the file.
NOTE: The password used to encrypt a file is the unique key that the system needs to decrypt it. If you lose
the password, the Master Password is the only other key capable of decrypting the file. If you lose both
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