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There is an extra measure of protection for the system programs in your
computer. Normally, the entire contents of the system programs EEPROM is
write protected with a soft lock. A soft lock allows the Remote Administration
utility to function in a network environment. Enhanced security adds a hard
lock. With a hard lock, when your computer is turned on and the system
programs startup routine is completed, the Remote Administration update
utility is locked and cannot be unlocked until the computer is turned off and
back on again and the administrator password is entered. Note that, in a
networking environment, this prevents the system programs in your computer
from being updated remotely. Someone must be present at your computer to
turn it on and off and enter the administrator password.
� A chassis-intrusion feature will alert you if the cover of your computer has been
removed. This feature will work whether your computer is on or off when the
cover is removed. If the cover has been removed, a prompt for your
administrator password will appear on the screen, and your computer will
remain in a suspended state until your administrator password is entered.
� As with nonenhanced security, your configuration settings are protected. The
settings cannot be changed in the Configuration/Setup Utility program until
your administrator password is entered. This means that any changes in
computer hardware that are detected by the system programs in your computer,
such as removal of a memory DIMM, will generate a configuration error until
the administrator password is entered.
Enabling and Disabling Enhanced Security: Enhanced security can be
enabled or disabled only when you update the system programs in your computer.
To enable or disable enhanced security:
1. Insert a system programs update diskette into drive A in your computer.
System programs updates are available on the World Wide Web.
2. Turn on the computer. If it is on already, you must turn it off and back on
again.
3. The update begins, your computer halts, and you are prompted for your
administrator password (if you have set an administrator password). The
computer remains in a halted state until you enter the administrator password.
4. When you enter the administrator password, the update diskette will continue
to run, and you are given the option of enabling or disabling enhanced security.
Your choice is automatically recorded in the System Security menu of the
Configuration/Setup Utility program.
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