- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Set up your Precision 3240 Compact
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- Specifications of Precision 3240 Compact
- System setup
- Software
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Admin Password | Allows you to set, change, and delete the admin password. |
System Password | Allows you to set, change, and delete the system password. |
Password Configuration | Allows you to control the minimum and maximum number of characters that are allowed for an administrative password and the system password. The range of characters is between 4 and 32. |
Password Bypass | This option lets you bypass the System (Boot) Password and the internal hard drive password prompts during a system restart.
NOTE The system will always prompt for the system and internal HDD passwords when powered on from the off state (a cold boot). Also, the system will always prompt for passwords on any module bay HDDs that may be present.
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Password Change | This option lets you determine whether changes to the System and Hard Disk passwords are permitted when an administrator password is set.
Allow Non-Admin Password Changes - This option is enabled by default. |
UEFI Capsule Firmware Updates | This option controls whether this system allows BIOS updates via UEFI capsule update packages. This option is selected by default. Disabling this option will block BIOS updates from services such as Microsoft Windows Update and Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS). |
TPM 2.0 Security | Allows you to control whether the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) is visible to the operating system.
Choose any one option:
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Absolute | This field lets you Enable, Disable or permanently Disable the BIOS module interface of the optional Absolute Persistence Module service from Absolute Software.
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Chassis Intrusion | This field controls the chassis intrusion feature.
Choose any one of the options:
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OROM Keyboard Access | This option determines whether users can enter Option ROM Configuration screens using hotkeys during boot.
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Admin Setup Lockout | Allows you to prevent users from entering Setup when Admin password is set. This option is not set by default. |
Master Password Lockout | Allows you to disable master password support. Hard Disk passwords need to be cleared before the settings can be changed. This option is not set by default. |
SMM Security Mitigation | Allows you to enable or disable additional UEFI SMM Security Mitigation protections. This option is not set by default. |