Table5.Securitymenuitems(continued)
Menuitem
SubmenuitemSelectionComments
loadstheoperatingsystem.
Topreventunauthorized
access,settheuser
authenticationonthe
operatingsystem.
Power-OnPassword
•Disabled
•Enabled
Referto“Power-on
password”onpage44
.
HardDisk1Password•Disabled
•Enabled
Referto“Harddisk
passwords”onpage
44
.
UEFIBIOSUpdateOptionFlashBIOSUpdatingby
End-Users
•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectEnabled,
alluserscanupdatethe
UEFIBIOS.Ifyouselect
Disabled,onlytheperson
whoknowsthesupervisor
passwordcanupdatethe
UEFIBIOS.
MemoryProtectionExecutionPrevention•Disabled
•Enabled
Somecomputerviruses
andwormscausememory
bufferstooverowby
runningcodewhereonly
dataisallowed.Ifthe
DataExecutionPrevention
featurecanbeusedwith
youroperatingsystem,then
byselectingEnabledyou
canprotectyourcomputer
againstattacksbysuch
virusesandworms.Ifafter
choosingEnabledyound
thatanapplicationprogram
doesnotruncorrectly,
selectDisabledandreset
thesetting.
IntelVirtualization
Technology
AMD-VTechnology
•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectEnabled,
aVMM(VirtualMachine
Monitor)canutilizethe
additionalhardware
capabilitiesprovidedby
VirtualizationTechnology.
Virtualization
IntelVT-dFeature•Disabled
•Enabled
IntelVT-disIntel
VirtualizationTechnology
forDirectedI/O.When
enabled,aVMMcanutilize
theplatforminfrastructure
forI/Ovirtualization.
Note:Thissub-menuisnot
supportedinmodelswith
anAMDCPU.
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