Lenovo ThinkPad T420si User Manual page 185

Table 6. Security menu items (continued)
UEFI BIOS Update Option
Memory Protection
Clear Security Chip
Intel TXT Feature
Flash BIOS Updating by
End-Users
Flash Over LAN
Execution Prevention
• Enter
• Disabled
• Enabled
• Disabled
• Enabled
• Disabled
• Enabled
• Disabled
• Enabled
Chapter 8
• BIOS ROM String
Reporting: BIOS text
string
• ESCD Reporting:
Extended system
configuration data
• CMOS Reporting:
CMOS data
• NVRAM Reporting:
Security data stored in
the Asset ID
• SMBIOS Reporting:
SMBIOS data
Clear the encryption key.
Note: Only if you select
"Active" for Security Chip,
this item appears.
Enable or disable Intel
Trusted Execution
Technology.
If you select "Enabled",
all users can update the
UEFI BIOS. If you select
"Disabled", only the person
who knows supervisor
password can update the
UEFI BIOS.
Enable your computer's
UEFI BIOS to be updated
(flashed) over an active
network connection.
Some computer viruses
and worms cause memory
buffers to overflow by
running code where only
data is allowed. If the
Data Execution Prevention
feature can be used with
your operating system, then
by selecting "Enabled" you
can protect your computer
against attacks by such
viruses and worms. If after
choosing "Enabled" you
find that an application
program does not run
correctly, select "Disabled"
and reset the setting.
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