•TouseBIOSpasswords,see“UsingBIOSpasswords”onpage40.
•TouseWindowsaccounts,dothefollowing:
1.ClicktheStartbuttontoopentheStartmenu.
2.DependingonyourWindowsversion,dooneofthefollowing:
–ForWindows7:ClickControlPanel➙UserAccounts.
–ForWindows10:ClickSettings➙Accounts.
3.Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.
Usingfingerprintauthentication
Ifyourkeyboardhasafingerprintreader,youcanusefingerprintauthenticationtoreplacepasswordsfor
simpleandsecureuseraccess.Tousefingerprintauthentication,firstenrollyourfingerprintsandassociate
themwithyourpasswords(suchasthepower-onpassword,harddiskpassword,andWindowspassword).
Usethefingerprintreaderandthefingerprintprogramtocompletethisprocedure.
Tousefingerprintauthentication,dooneofthefollowing:
•ForWindows7:UsetheFingerprintManagerProorThinkVantageFingerprintSoftwareprogramprovided
byLenovo.Toopentheprogram,see“Accessingaprogramonyourcomputer”onpage16
.Formore
informationaboutusingtheprogram,refertothehelpsystemoftheprogram.
•ForWindows10:UsethefingerprinttoolprovidedbytheWindowsoperatingsystem.ClicktheStart
buttontoopentheStartmenu,andthenclickSettings➙Accounts➙Sign-inoptions.Followthe
instructionsonthescreen.
Tousethefingerprintreader,refertothedocumentationshippedwiththefingerprintkeyboardorlocatedon
theLenovoSupportWebsiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/support/keyboards.
Usingthecoverpresenceswitch
Thecoverpresenceswitchpreventsyourcomputerfromloggingintotheoperatingsystemwhenthe
computercoverisnotproperlyinstalledorclosed.
Tousethecoverpresenceswitch,enablethecover-presence-switchconnectoronthesystemboard
first.Toachievethis,dothefollowing:
1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage37.
2.SelectSecurity➙ChassisIntrusionDetectionandpressEnter.
3.SelectEnabledandpressEnter.
4.TosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram,pressF10,selectY esinthewindowdisplayed,and
pressEnter.Thecover-presence-switchconnectoronthesystemboardisenabled.
Note:Forsomekeyboards,youmightneedtopressFn+F10toexittheSetupUtilityprogram.
Thecoverpresenceswitchstartsfunctioning.Iftheswitchdetectsthatthecomputercoverisnotcorrectly
installedorclosed,anerrormessagewillbedisplayedwhenyouturnonthecomputer.Tofixtheerrorand
logintotheoperatingsystem,dothefollowing:
1.Properlyinstallorcloseyourcomputercover.SeeChapter7“Installingorreplacinghardware”on
page61.
2.StartandthenexittheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage37and
“ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage42.
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