Smart Card Bios Security Mode - HP Tc4400 - Compaq Tablet PC Reference Manual

Smart card BIOS security mode

When enabled, smart card BIOS security mode requires you to
use a smart card to start the computer.
The process of enabling smart card BIOS security mode involves
the following steps:
1. Enable Smart Card Power-on Authentication Support in
BIOS Configuration. Refer to
card or Java Card power-on authentication
Chapter 5,
2. Enable smart card BIOS security mode in Smart Card
Security. Refer to
and setting the smart card administrator
this chapter.
3. Set the smart card administrator password.
The smart card administrator password is not the same as the
Computer Setup setup password. The smart card administrator
password links the smart card to the computer for identification
purposes, and also allows you to do the following:
Access Computer Setup or the contents of the computer.
Create new administrator and user smart cards.
Create a recovery file to restore either a user or administrator
smart card.
Reference Guide
"BIOS Configuration for
Enabling this setting allows you to use a smart card for
power-on authentication. The smart card BIOS security
mode features are unavailable until you enable smart card
power-on authentication support.
"Enabling smart card BIOS security mode
The smart card administrator password is set as part of the
process of enabling smart card BIOS security mode.
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