
3–2 Reference Guide
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
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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.
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