Acer TravelMate 650 Travelmate 650 User Guide - Page 46

Running PlatinumSecure, PlatinumSecure Options, Smart Card Manager, and Change Password. - manual

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38 1 Getting to know your TravelMate warranty card is completed and sent back to Acer. This information will be used by Acer service centers to confirm ownership in case your Smart Card "key" is lost or damaged. Registering your notebook with Acer's service center is extremely important when replacing your lost Smart Card "key". If you have already bypassed the Smart Card registration, please reinstall the application as follows: 1 Insert your System CD and reinstall from it. 2 Follow the onscreen instructions. To enable the Smart Card security feature, please refer to your Smart Card user manual. Running PlatinumSecure PlatinumSecure enhances the secure logon procedure for Windows 2000 or XP at the operating system level. It provides user authentication with an encryption/decryption function using the Smart Card. If your Smart Card is unavailable, the Emergency Card can serve as a temporary replacement for the Smart Card. After installation, the PlatinumSecure icon appears on the Windows desktop. Double-click on it or click the right mouse button, then select Open from the pop-up menu (or launch it from the PlatinumSecret program group). From the menu that appears, you can directly access three operations: PlatinumSecure Options, Smart Card Manager, and Change Password.

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1 Getting to know your TravelMate
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warranty card is completed and sent back to Acer. This
information will be used by Acer service centers to confirm
ownership in case your Smart Card "key" is lost or damaged.
Registering your notebook with Acer's service center is extremely
important when replacing your lost Smart Card "key".
If you have already bypassed the Smart Card registration, please
reinstall the application as follows:
1
Insert your
System CD
and reinstall from it.
2
Follow the onscreen instructions.
To enable the Smart Card security feature, please refer to your Smart
Card user manual.
Running PlatinumSecure
PlatinumSecure enhances the secure logon procedure for Windows
2000 or XP at the operating system level. It provides user
authentication with an encryption/decryption function using the Smart
Card. If your Smart Card is unavailable, the Emergency Card can serve
as a temporary replacement for the Smart Card. After installation, the
PlatinumSecure icon appears on the Windows desktop. Double-click on
it or click the right mouse button, then select
Open
from the pop-up
menu (or launch it from the PlatinumSecret program group). From the
menu that appears, you can directly access three operations:
PlatinumSecure Options, Smart Card Manager, and Change Password.