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Session tab, Defining Settings, Managing Users, Adding a user

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Session tab To define policies governing the credentials required to authenticate a user when logging on to HP ProtectTools applications during a Windows session: 1. In the left pane of the Administrative Console, expand Security and click on Authentication. 2. On the Session tab, select a category of user. 3. In the Policy section, specify the authentication credential(s) required for the selected category of user by clicking the check box or boxes next to the listed credentials. You must specify at least one credential. 4. In the Policy section drop-down list, choose whether ANY (only one) of the specified credentials are required, or if ALL of the specified credentials are required in order to authenticate a user. 5. Click the Apply button. Defining Settings You can specify which advanced security settings to allow. To edit the settings: 1. In the left pane of the Administrative Console, expand Security and click on Settings. 2. Click the appropriate check box to enable or disable a specific setting. 3. Click the Apply button to save the changes. NOTE: The Allow One Step logon setting allows users of this computer to skip Windows logon if authentication was performed at the BIOS or encrypted disk level. Managing Users Within the Users application, Windows administrator can manage this computer's users and the policies that affect them. To access the Users application in the Administrative Console, click on Users. The HP ProtectTools users are listed and verified against the authentication policies set through Security Manager and against the credentials required to meet those policies. To view the policies in force for a specific user, select the user from the list and click the View Policies button. To supervise a users while they enroll credentials, select the user from the list and click the Enroll button. Adding a user This process adds users to the Drive Encryption logon list. Before you add a user, that user must already have a Windows user account on the computer and must be present during the following procedure to provide the password. To add a User to the users list: 1. Click Start, click All Programs, and then click HP ProtectTools Administrative Console. 2. In the Administrative Console left pane, click User. 3. Click the Add button. The Select Users dialog box opens 4. Click the Advanced button and then click the Find Now button to search for users to add. 12 Chapter 2 HP ProtectTools Security Manager Administrative Console ENWW

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Session tab
To define policies governing the credentials required to authenticate a user when logging on to
HP ProtectTools applications during a Windows session:
1.
In the left pane of the Administrative Console, expand
Security
and click on
Authentication
.
2.
On the
Session
tab, select a category of user.
3.
In the
Policy
section, specify the authentication credential(s) required for the selected category of
user by clicking the check box or boxes next to the listed credentials. You must specify at least one
credential.
4.
In the
Policy
section drop-down list, choose whether ANY (only one) of the specified credentials
are required, or if ALL of the specified credentials are required in order to authenticate a user.
5.
Click the
Apply
button.
Defining Settings
You can specify which advanced security settings to allow. To edit the settings:
1.
In the left pane of the Administrative Console, expand
Security
and click on
Settings
.
2.
Click the appropriate check box to enable or disable a specific setting.
3.
Click the
Apply
button to save the changes.
NOTE:
The
Allow One Step logon
setting allows users of this computer to skip Windows logon if
authentication was performed at the BIOS or encrypted disk level.
Managing Users
Within the Users application, Windows administrator can manage this computer's users and the policies
that affect them. To access the Users application in the Administrative Console, click on
Users
.
The HP ProtectTools users are listed and verified against the authentication policies set through Security
Manager and against the credentials required to meet those policies.
To view the policies in force for a specific user, select the user from the list and click the
View
Policies
button.
To supervise a users while they enroll credentials, select the user from the list and click the
Enroll
button.
Adding a user
This process adds users to the Drive Encryption logon list. Before you add a user, that user must already
have a Windows user account on the computer and must be present during the following procedure to
provide the password.
To add a User to the users list:
1.
Click
Start
, click
All Programs
, and then click
HP ProtectTools Administrative Console
.
2.
In the Administrative Console left pane, click
User
.
3.
Click the
Add
button. The
Select Users
dialog box opens
4.
Click the
Advanced
button and then click the
Find Now
button to search for users to add.
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