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Dell Latitude 14 Rugged — 5414 Series Owner's Manual

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Security screen options

Option
Description
Admin Password
Allows you to set, change, or delete the administrator (admin) password.
NOTE You must set the admin password before you set the system or hard drive password. Deleting the admin password automatically deletes the system password and the hard drive password.
NOTE Password changes take effect immediately.

By default, the drive will not have a password set.

System Password
Allows you to set, change or delete the system password.
NOTE Password changes take effect immediately.

By default, the drive will not have a password set.

Internal HDD Password
Allows you to set, change or delete the password on the internal hard drive of the system.
NOTE Password changes take effect immediately.

By default, the drive will not have a password set.

Strong Password
Allows you to enforce the option to always set strong passwords.

Default Setting: Enable Strong Password is not selected.

NOTE If user interface is enabled, Admin and System passwords must contain at least one uppercase character, one lowercase character and be at least 8 characters long.
Password Configuration
Allows you to determine the minimum and maximum length of Administrator and System passwords.
Password Bypass
Allows you to enable or disable the permission to bypass the System and the Internal hard drive password, when they are set. The options are:
  • Disabled
  • Reboot bypass

Default setting: Disabled

Password Change
Allows you to enable or disable permission to the System and Hard Drive passwords when the admin password is set.

Default setting: Allow Non-Admin Password Changes is selected.

Non-Admin Setup Changes
Allows you to determine whether changes to the setup options are allowed when an administrator password is set. If disabled the setup options are locked by the admin password.
UEFI Capsule Firmware Updates

This option controls whether the system allows BIOS updates via UEFI capsule update packages.

NOTE Disabling this option will block BIOS updates from services such as Microsoft Windows Update and Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS).
TPM 1.2 Security
Allows you to enable the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) during POST.

You can control whether the trusted platform module is visible to the operating system. The option is:

CAUTION For the TPM upgrade/downgrade process, it is recommended to complete the process in an AC power with AC adapter plugged into the computer. The upgrade/downgrade process without the AC adapter plugged in might damage the computer or hard disk.
NOTE Disabling this option does not chhange any settings you have made to the TPM, nor does it delete or change any information or keys you may have stored in the TPM. Changes to this setting take effect immediately.
Computrace
Allows you to activate or disable the optional Computrace software The options are:
  • Deactivate
  • Disable
  • Activate
NOTE The Activate and Disable options will permanently activate or disable the feature and no further changes will be allowed

Default setting: Deactivate

CPU XD Support
Allows you to enable the Execute Disable mode of the processor.

Enable CPU XD Support (default)

OROM Keyboard Access
Allows you to set an option to enter the Option ROM Configuration screens using hotkeys during boot. The options are:
  • Enabled
  • One Time Enable
  • Disabled

Default setting: Enable

Admin Setup Lockout
Allows you to prevent users from entering the setup when an Administrator password is set.

Default Setting: Enable Admin Setup Lockout is not selected.

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