Table 4. Security menu items (continued)
Menu item
Submenu item
Fingerprint Reader
Internal Device
Bottom Cover
Access
Tamper Detection
Anti-Theft
Intel AT Module
Activation
Intel AT Suspend
Computrace
Secure Boot
Secure Boot
Platform Mode
Secure Boot Mode
Reset to Setup Mode
Restore Factory
Keys
Value
Comments
• Disabled
If you select Enabled, you can use the
fingerprint reader.
• Enabled
• Disabled
Enable or disable the tamper detection. If
tamper is detected, Supervisor Password is
• Enabled
required to boot the system. Bottom Cover
Tamper Detection will not take effect unless
Supervisor Password is enabled.
• Disabled
Enable or disable the UEFI BIOS interface to
activate the Intel AT module, which is an optional
• Enabled
anti-theft service from Intel.
• Permanently
Disabled
Note: If you set the Intel AT module activation
to Permanently Disabled, you will be unable to
enable this setting again.
• Enter
This option is displayed only when the anti-theft
function is activated.
The Intel anti-theft suspend screen will be
displayed at next boot to enter the suspend
mode.
• Disabled
Enable or disable the UEFI BIOS interface to
activate the computrace module. Computrace
• Enabled
is an optional monitoring service from Absolute
• Permanently
Software.
Disabled
Note: If you set the computrace module
activation to Permanently Disabled, you will be
unable to enable this setting again.
• Disabled
Enable or disable the UEFI Secure Boot feature.
Select Enable to prevent unauthorized operating
• Enabled
systems from running at boot time. Select
Disabled to allow any operating systems to run
at boot time.
• Setup Mode
Specify the system operating mode.
• User Mode
• Standard Mode
Specify the Secure Boot mode.
• Custom Mode
This option is used to clear the current platform
key and put the system into Setup Mode. You
can install your own platform key and customize
the Secure Boot signature databases in Setup
Mode.
Secure Boot mode will be set to Custom Mode.
This option is used to restore all keys and
certificates in Secure Boot databases to factory
defaults. Any customized Secure Boot settings
will be erased, and the default platform key
will be re-established along with the original
signature databases including certificate for the
Windows 8.1 operating system.
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