Personal Computer User's Guide

Chapter4.Security

Thischapterprovidesinformationabouthowtoprotectyourcomputerfromtheftandunauthorizeduse.

Securityfeatures

Thefollowingsecurityfeaturesareavailableonyourcomputer:

•ComputraceAgentsoftwareembeddedinrmware

TheComputraceAgentsoftwareisanITassetmanagementandcomputertheftrecoverysolution.

Thesoftwaredetectsifchangeshavebeenmadeonthecomputer,suchashardware,software,or

thecomputercall-inlocation.

Note:YoumighthavetopurchaseasubscriptiontoactivatetheComputraceAgentsoftware.

•AbilitytoenableanddisabledevicesandUSBconnectors

Formoreinformation,see“Enablingordisablingadevice”onpage46.

•Integratedngerprintreader(availableonsomemodels)

Dependingonthemodelsofyourcomputer,thekeyboardmayhaveanintegratedngerprintreader.By

enrollingyourngerprintandassociatingitwithyouWindowspassword,youcanlogontotheWindows

operatingsystembyswipingyourngeroverthereader,withouttypingapassword.Thusngerprint

authenticationcanreplaceWindowspasswordandenablesimpleandsecureuseraccess.

•Startupsequencecontrol

Formoreinformation,see“Selectingorchangingthestartupdevicesequence”onpage47.

•Startupwithoutkeyboardormouse

Yourcomputerisabletologintotheoperatingsystemwithoutkeyboardormouseconnected.