Lenovo ThinkPad E555 - Page 88

Table4.Securitymenuitems(continued)
Menuitem
SubmenuitemSelectionComments
FlashBIOSUpdatingby
End-Users
•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectEnabled,
alluserscanupdatethe
UEFIBIOS.Ifyouselect
Disabled,onlytheperson
whoknowsthesupervisor
passwordcanupdatethe
UEFIBIOS.
UEFIBIOSUpdateOption
SecureRollBackPrevention
•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectDisabled,you
canflashtheolderversion
UEFIBIOS.
MemoryProtectionExecutionPrevention•Disabled
•Enabled
Somecomputerviruses
andwormscausememory
bufferstooverflowby
runningcodewhereonly
dataisallowed.Ifthe
DataExecutionPrevention
featurecanbeusedwith
youroperatingsystem,then
byselectingEnabledyou
canprotectyourcomputer
againstattacksbysuch
virusesandworms.Ifafter
choosingEnabledyoufind
thataprogramdoesnotrun
correctly,selectDisabled
andresetthesetting.
IntelVirtualization
Technology
•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectEnabled,a
VirtualMachineMonitor
(VMM)canutilizethe
additionalhardware
capabilitiesprovidedby
VirtualizationTechnology.
Note:Thissub-menuis
onlysupportedinmodels
withanIntelCPU.
IntelVT-dFeature•Disabled
•Enabled
IntelVT-disIntel
VirtualizationTechnology
forDirectedI/O.When
enabled,aVMMcanutilize
theplatforminfrastructure
forI/Ovirtualization.
Note:Thissub-menuis
onlysupportedinmodels
withanIntelCPU.
Virtualization
AMD-V™Technology
•Disabled
•Enabled
WhenyouselectEnabled,
aVMMcanutilizethe
additionalhardware
capabilitiesprovided
byAMDVirtualization
technology.
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