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Dell OptiPlex 7450 All-In-One 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: Successful password changes take effect immediately.

Default setting: Not set

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

Default setting: Not set

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

Default Setting: Enable Strong Password is not selected.

NOTE: If Strong Password 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 HDD password, when they are set. The options are:
  • Disabled
  • Reboot bypass

Default setting: Disabled

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

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

UEFI Capsule Firmware Updates
This option controls whether the system allows BIOS updates through UEFI capsule update packages.
NOTE: Disabling this option will block the BIOS updates from services such as Microsoft Windows Update and Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS).
This option is enabled by default.
TPM 2.0 Security
Allows you to enable the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) during POST. This option is enabled by default. The options are:
  • TPM On
  • Clear
  • PPI Bypass for Enabled Commands
  • PPI Bypass for Disabled Commands
NOTE: Activation, deactivation, and clear options are not affected if you load the setup program's default values. Changes to this option 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

Chassis Intrusion

This field controls the chassis intrusion feature. The options are:

  • Enabled
  • Disabled
  • On-slient
Default Setting: Disabled
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: Enabled
Admin Setup Lockout
Allows you to enable or disable the option to enter setup when an admin password is set.
  • Enable Admin Setup Lockout - This option is disabled by default.
Master Password Lockout
If enabled, this option disables the master password support. The Hard Disk passwords need to be cleared before the setting can be changed. Default setting: Disabled
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