HP ProBook 4525s HP ProtectTools User Guide - Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windo - Page 41

Password Manager icon settings, Settings, Credentials

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Password Manager icon settings Password Manager attempts to identify logon screens for Web sites and programs. When it detects a logon screen for which you have not created a logon, Password Manager prompts you to add a logon for the screen by displaying the Password Manager icon with a "+" sign. Click the icon arrow, and then click Icon Settings to customize how Password Manager handles possible logon sites. ● Prompt to add logons for logon screens-Click this option to have Password Manager prompt you to add a logon when a logon screen displays that does not already have a logon set up. ● Exclude this screen-Select the check box so that Password Manager will not prompt you again to add a logon for this logon screen. To access additional Password Manager settings, click Password Manager, and then click Settings on the Security Manager dashboard. Settings You can specify settings for personalizing HP ProtectTools Security Manager: 1. Prompt to add logons for logon screens-The Password Manager icon with a plus sign is displayed whenever a Web site or program logon screen is detected, indicating that you can add a logon for this screen to the password vault. To disable this feature, in the Icon Settings dialog box, clear the check box beside Prompt to add logons for logon screens. 2. Open Password Manager with ctrl+Windows+h-The default hot key that opens the Password Manager Quick Links menu is ctrl+Windows+h. To change the hot key, click this option and enter a new key combination. Combinations may include one or more of the following: ctrl, alt or shift, and any alphabetic or numeric key. 3. Click Apply to save your changes. Credentials You use your Security Manager credentials to verify that you are really you. The local administrator of this computer can set up which credentials may be used to prove your identity when logging on to your Windows account, Web sites, or programs. Available credentials can vary depending on the security devices built into or connected to this computer. Each supported credential will have an entry in the My Identity, Credentials group. Available credentials, requirements, and current status are listed, and may include the following: ● Fingerprints ● Password ● Smart card ● Face To enroll or change a credential, click the link and follow the on-screen instructions. General tasks 33

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Password Manager icon settings
Password Manager attempts to identify logon screens for Web sites and programs. When it detects a
logon screen for which you have not created a logon, Password Manager prompts you to add a logon
for the screen by displaying the Password Manager icon with a "+" sign.
Click the icon arrow, and then click
Icon Settings
to customize how
Password Manager
handles
possible logon sites.
Prompt to add logons for logon screens
—Click this option to have Password Manager prompt
you to add a logon when a logon screen displays that does not already have a logon set up.
Exclude this screen
—Select the check box so that Password Manager will not prompt you again
to add a logon for this logon screen.
To access additional Password Manager settings, click
Password Manager
, and then click
Settings
on the Security Manager dashboard.
Settings
You can specify settings for personalizing HP ProtectTools Security Manager:
1.
Prompt to add logons for logon screens
—The Password Manager icon with a plus sign is
displayed whenever a Web site or program logon screen is detected, indicating that you can add
a logon for this screen to the password vault. To disable this feature, in the
Icon Settings
dialog
box, clear the check box beside
Prompt to add logons for logon screens
.
2.
Open Password Manager with ctrl+Windows+h
—The default hot key that opens the Password
Manager Quick Links menu is
ctrl+Windows+h
. To change the hot key, click this option and enter
a new key combination. Combinations may include one or more of the following:
ctrl
,
alt
or
shift
,
and any alphabetic or numeric key.
3.
Click
Apply
to save your changes.
Credentials
You use your Security Manager credentials to verify that you are really you. The local administrator of
this computer can set up which credentials may be used to prove your identity when logging on to your
Windows account, Web sites, or programs.
Available credentials can vary depending on the security devices built into or connected to this computer.
Each supported credential will have an entry in the
My Identity, Credentials
group.
Available credentials, requirements, and current status are listed, and may include the following:
Fingerprints
Password
Smart card
Face
To enroll or change a credential, click the link and follow the on-screen instructions.
General tasks
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