Dell Alienware m15 Ryzen Edition R5 Service Manual - Page 71

Table 4. System setup options-Advance menu, continued, Advance, SupportAssist System Resolution

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Table 4. System setup options-Advance menu Advance SupportAssist System Resolution Auto OS Recovery Threshold SupportAssist OS Recovery Controls the automatic boot flow for SupportAssist System Resolution Console and for the Dell operating system Recovery tool. Default: 2 Enables or disables the boot flow for the SupportAssist OS Recovery tool in the even of certain system errors. Default: Disabled Table 5. System setup options-Security menu (continued) Security Admin Password System Password Displays if the administrator password is clear or set. Displays if the system password is clear or set. Default: Not Set Admin Password System Password Password Change Allows you to set the administrator password. The administrator password controls access to the system setup utility. Allows you to set the system password. The system password controls access to the computer at boot. Allows you to permit or deny system password or HDD password changes. Default: Permitted Absolute® Enables or disables the BIOS module interface of the optional Computrace Service from Absolute Software. Default: Deactivate Absolute® Status Enables or disables SED Block SID Authentication. Default: Disabled Windows SMM Security Mitigations Table (WSMT) Enables or disables the Windows SMM Security Mitigations Table. It allows the system firmware to confirm to the OS that certain security best practices have been implemented in the System Management Mode (SMM) software. Default: Disabled Firmware TPM Enable or disable the firmware TPM. Default: Enabled PPI Bypass for Clear Command Allows you to control the TPM Physical Presence Interface (PPI). When enabled, this setting will allow the OS to skip BIOS PPI user prompts when issuing the Clear command. Changes to this setting take effect immediately. Default: Disabled UEFI Firmware Capsule Updates Enables or disables BIOS updates through UEFI capsule update packages. Default: Enabled Secure Boot Enables or disables configuration of platform features on Dell Client Systems with WSMT-enabled BIOS. 71

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Table 4. System setup options—Advance menu
Advance
SupportAssist System Resolution
Auto OS Recovery Threshold
Controls the automatic boot flow for SupportAssist System
Resolution Console and for the Dell operating system Recovery
tool.
Default: 2
SupportAssist OS Recovery
Enables or disables the boot flow for the SupportAssist OS
Recovery tool in the even of certain system errors.
Default: Disabled
Table 5. System setup options—Security menu
(continued)
Security
Admin Password
Displays if the administrator password is clear or set.
System Password
Displays if the system password is clear or set.
Default: Not Set
Admin Password
Allows you to set the administrator password. The
administrator password controls access to the system setup
utility.
System Password
Allows you to set the system password. The system password
controls access to the computer at boot.
Password Change
Allows you to permit or deny system password or HDD
password changes.
Default: Permitted
Absolute®
Enables or disables the BIOS module interface of the optional
Computrace Service from Absolute Software.
Default: Deactivate
Absolute® Status
Enables or disables SED Block SID Authentication.
Default: Disabled
Windows SMM Security Mitigations Table (WSMT)
Enables or disables the Windows SMM Security Mitigations
Table. It allows the system firmware to confirm to the OS that
certain security best practices have been implemented in the
System Management Mode (SMM) software.
Default: Disabled
Firmware TPM
Enable or disable the firmware TPM.
Default: Enabled
PPI Bypass for Clear Command
Allows you to control the TPM Physical Presence Interface
(PPI). When enabled, this setting will allow the OS to skip
BIOS PPI user prompts when issuing the Clear command.
Changes to this setting take effect immediately.
Default: Disabled
UEFI Firmware Capsule Updates
Enables or disables BIOS updates through UEFI capsule
update packages.
Default: Enabled
Secure Boot
Enables or disables configuration of platform features on Dell
Client Systems with WSMT-enabled BIOS.
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