HP Tc4400 Reference Guide - Page 29

Embedded Security for ProtectTools The TPM embedded security chip enhances and enables other ProtectTools Security Manager security features. For example, Credential Manager for ProtectTools can use the embedded chip as an authentication factor when the user logs on to Windows. On select models, the TPM embedded security chip also enables enhanced BIOS security features accessed through BIOS Configuration for ProtectTools. Setup Procedures Ä CAUTION: To reduce security risk, it is highly recommended that your IT administrator immediately initialize the embedded security chip. Failure to initialize the embedded security chip could result in an unauthorized user, a computer worm, or a virus taking ownership of the computer and gaining control over the owner tasks, such as handling the emergency recovery archive, and configuring user access settings. Follow the steps in the following 2 sections to enable and initialize the embedded security chip. Enabling the Embedded Security Chip The embedded security chip must be enabled in the Computer Setup utility. This procedure cannot be performed in BIOS Configuration for ProtectTools. To enable the embedded security chip: 1. Open Computer Setup by turning on or restarting the computer, and then pressing f10 while the "F10 = ROM Based Setup" message is displayed in the lower-left corner of the screen. 2. If you have not set an administrator password, use the arrow keys to select Security > Administrator password, and then press enter. 3. Type your password in the New password and Verify new password boxes, and then press f10. 3-2 Reference Guide