HP 6730b HP Business Notebook Password Localization Guidelines

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    HP Business Notebook Password Localization Guidelines V1.0 November 2009 Table of Contents: 1. Introduction...2 2. Supported Platforms 2 3. Overview of Design 3 4. Supported Keyboard Layouts in Preboot and Drive Encryption 3 5. HP ProtectTools Security Manager Filter Logic 6 6. How Preboot BIOS
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    and also to set the proper Windows password to avoid the lockout situation when the Preboot Security Level and/or the HP Drive Encryption level is enabled. 2. Supported Platforms The HP_Tools partition feature described in this document is supported by 2008 and 2009 HP business notebooks. 2
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    for the Windows password, but if allowed may cause a lock out at Preboot BIOS or Drive Encryption level. These passwords will therefore be rejected by the HP ProtectTools password filter. The BIOS Preboot and Drive Encryption each preloads tables of key mapping from Scan Code to Unicode based on the
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    HP Keyboards Arabic (101) Belgian (Comma) Canadian French (Legacy) Canadian French Chinese Bopomofo Chinese ChaJei Czech Danish Dutch Estonian Finnish French German Greek Hebrew Hungarian Icelandic Italian Japanese Kazakh Korean Latin American Common Name in Microsoft Windows Vista Code (hex)
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    HP Keyboards Norwegian Polish (Programmers) Polish (214) Portuguese Portuguese (Brazilian) Romanian Slovakian Slovenian Spanish Spanish (International) Swedish Swiss Thai (Kedmanee) Turkish F Turkish Q UK US US (International) Common Name in Microsoft Windows Vista Norwegian Polish (Programmers)
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    Security Manager Filter Logic In order to prevent a lock out situation, the first level of defense is implemented by the HP ProtectTools Security Manager. It installs a password filter to reject those Windows passwords that may possibly cause a lock out in Preboot BIOS or Drive Encryption. 6
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    Filter And Handles Dead Keys The HP BIOS implements a second level password filter to further prevent the lock‐out situation. HP BIOS Preboot and HP Drive Encryption contain the keyboard mappings for all the supported keyboards listed above. When a user is setting up Preboot Security with the
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    western keyboard. The IME is not supported at Preboot and HP Drive Encryption level. Windows password entered with IME may not be entered at the Preboot or HP Drive Encryption level and may result in a lockout situation. In some cases, the Microsoft Windows doesn't display the IME when user enters
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    have potential issues If the password is initially set with one keyboard layout - e.g. US English (409) and then the user changes the password using a different but also supported keyboard layout - e.g. Latin American (080A), the password change will work in Drive Encryption but will fail in BIOS if
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    character Drive Encryption The keys generate one character French Canadian Windows with cap locks are in windows BIOS with cap locks is in bios Drive Encryption with cap locks is in FVE Spanish 40a is not supported US Int'l Windows The keys are rejected on the top row The
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    The ğ key is rejected The į key is rejected The ų key is rejected The ė ı ż keys are rejected The keys are rejected Slovakian Windows The ż key rejected BIOS The š, ś, ş keys is rejected when typed, but accepted with the soft keyboard The ţ dead key is generating two characters Hungarian
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    1. User is using an IME keyboard which is not supported. This is a common issue with double‐byte languages (Korean, Japanese, Chinese ...). To resolve, when a password is rejected by the HP ProtectTools, please go to Windows ‐> Control Panel ‐> Regional and Language Options.  Select the "Languages
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HP Business Notebook
Password Localization
Guidelines
V1.0
November 2009
Table of Contents:
1.
Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………………..2
2.
Supported Platforms………………………………………………………………………………...2
3.
Overview of Design……………………………………………………………………………
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3
4.
Supported Keyboard Layouts in Preboot and Drive Encryption…………………………………3
5.
HP ProtectTools Security Manager Filter Logic……………………………………………….……6
6.
How Preboot BIOS Implements the Password Filter And Handles Dead Keys……………….…7
7.
Exceptions………………………………………………………………………………………….…8
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What to do when a password is rejected…………………………………………………...……12