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Smart Card Security for ProtectTools Setting and changing the smart card user password To set or change the smart card user password: 1. Select Start > All Programs > HP ProtectTools Security Manager. 2. In the left pane, select Smart Card Security, and then select BIOS. 3. In the right pane, under BIOS Security Mode, next to BIOS user card, click the Set button. ✎ If there is already a user password in Computer Setup, click the Change button. 4. Enter the smart card PIN and click Next. 5. Insert the new user card and click Next. ❏ If there is already a user password on the card, the Finish dialog box is displayed. Omit steps 6 through 8 and go to step 9. ❏ If there is no user password on the card, the BIOS Password Wizard opens. 6. In the BIOS Password Wizard, you can either ❏ Enter a password manually. ❏ Generate a random 32-byte password. ✎ Using a known password enables you to create duplicate cards without using a recovery file. Generating a random password offers more security; however, you must have a recovery file to make backup cards. Reference Guide 2-7

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Smart Card Security for ProtectTools
Reference Guide
2–7
Setting and changing the smart card
user password
To set or change the smart card user password:
1. Select
Start > All Programs > HP ProtectTools Security
Manager
.
2. In the left pane, select
Smart Card Security
, and then
select
BIOS
.
3. In the right pane, under
BIOS Security Mode
, next to
BIOS
user card
, click the
Set
button.
✎
If there is already a user password in Computer Setup,
click the
Change
button.
4. Enter the smart card PIN and click
Next
.
5. Insert the new user card and click
Next
.
❏
If there is already a user password on the card, the
Finish
dialog box is displayed. Omit steps 6 through 8
and go to step 9.
❏
If there is no user password on the card, the BIOS
Password Wizard opens.
6. In the BIOS Password Wizard, you can either
❏
Enter a password manually.
❏
Generate a random 32-byte password.
✎
Using a known password enables you to create duplicate
cards without using a recovery file. Generating a random
password offers more security; however, you must have a
recovery file to make backup cards.