Lenovo ThinkPad Helix User Manual page 53

Table 2. Security menu items
Menu item
Submenu item
Password Hardware Password
Manager
Supervisor Password
Lock UEFI BIOS
Settings
Password at
unattended boot
Password at restart
Set Minimum Length
Power-On Password
Hard Disk 1 Password
Security Chip Security Chip
Security Reporting
Options
Clear Security Chip
Value
Comments
• Disabled Managing your power-on password, supervisor
password, and your hard disk passwords by the
• Enabled
management server.
• Disabled
See "Supervisor password" on page 32.
• Enabled
• Disabled Enable or disable the function that protects items
in ThinkPad Setup program from being changed
• Enabled
by a user who does not have the supervisor
password. By default, this is set to Disabled. If
you set the supervisor password and enable this
function, no one but you can change any items
in ThinkPad Setup.
• Disabled If you select and enable Password at unattended
boot, a password prompt is displayed when
• Enabled
the tablet is turned on, from either a power-off
state or hibernation state. If you select Disabled,
no password prompt is displayed; the tablet
goes ahead and loads the operating system.
To prevent unauthorized access, set the user
authentication on the operating system.
• Disabled If you select and enable Password at restart, a
password prompt is displayed when you restart
• Enabled
the tablet. If you select Disabled, no password
prompt is displayed; the tablet goes ahead
and loads the operating system. To prevent
unauthorized access, set the user authentication
on the operating system.
• Disabled Specify a minimum length for power-on
passwords and hard disk passwords. If you set
• x characters
the supervisor password and specify a minimum
(4≤x≤12)
length for passwords, no one but you can change
the length.
• Disabled See "Power-on password" on page 30.
• Enabled
• Disabled See "Hard disk passwords" on page 30.
• Enabled
• Active If you select Active, the security chip is functional.
If you select Inactive, the Security Chip option
• Inactive
is visible, but the security chip is not functional. If
• Disabled
you select Disabled, the Security Chip option is
hidden and the security chip is not functional.
• Disabled
Enable or disable the following Security Reporting
Options:
• Enabled
• BIOS ROM String Reporting: BIOS text string
• CMOS Reporting: CMOS data
• Enter Clear the encryption key.
Note: This item is displayed only if you have
selected Active for the Security Chip option.
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