User manual SONY VAIO VGN-Z540

[. . . ] For detailed information on power saving modes, see Using the Power Saving Modes (page 142). n8N Before Use Documentation Your documentation includes printed information and user guides to read on your VAIO computer. Printed Documentation Welcome mat -- Contains an overview of components connection, set-up information, etc. Safety Information -- Contains safety guidelines and owner information. Non-printed Documentation User Guide (this manual) -- Explains features of your computer. It also includes information about the software programs included with your computer, as well as information on solving common problems. To go to Web sites described in this manual by clicking their respective URLs beginning with http://, your computer must be connected to the Internet. Specifications -- The online specifications describe the hardware and software configurations of your VAIO computer. Go to the Sony online support Web site at the following URLs: http://esupport. sony. com/EN/VAIO/ for customers in USA http://www. sony. ca/support/ for customers in Canada http://esupport. sony. com/ES/VAIO/ for customers in Spanish speaking Latin American countries or areas http://esupport. sony. com/ES/VAIO/BR/ for customers in Brazil n9N Before Use VAIO Recovery Center User Guide -- Provides information about restoring individual software programs, hardware drivers, and drive partition(s) or your entire hard disk drive to the original factory installed settings. [. . . ] The maintenance and management of TPM-protected data must be carried out at your own risk. Sony assumes no liabilities for any defects arising out of your data maintenance and management. n 132 N Customizing Your VAIO Computer Important Notice Do not encrypt files containing keys to be used for encryption and folders including such files. Encrypting the files in the folders containing basic user keys and others, using the Encrypting File System (EFS) will disable you to launch your TPM software and decrypt the encrypted data in the following cases: The TPM software has been installed. The EFS functionality has been enabled in user initialization process. With the default settings, the files in the folders below cannot be encrypted because they have system attributes. Do not change the system attributes of the files in the folders below. !The following folders are invisible by default. Folders containing basic user keys and others C:\<username>\All Users\Infineon\TPM Software 2. 0\BackupData C:\<username>\All Users\Infineon\TPM Software 2. 0\PlatformKeyData C:\<username>\All Users\Infineon\TPM Software 2. 0\RestoreData (C:\<username>\All Users is a shortcut to C:\ProgramData. ) C:\<username>\<account>\AppData\Roaming\Infineon\TPM Software 2. 0\UserKeyData n 133 N Customizing Your VAIO Computer Do not encrypt the following archive, backup, or token files. Sony assumes no liabilities for any troubles and damages arising out of your careless encryption of the following files and folders including them. Automatic backup file Default file name: SPSystemBackup. xml Default path: None (Clicking Browse displays the <userfolder>\Documents\Security Platform window. ) Storage folder for automatic backup data Default folder name: SPSystemBackup The folder is created as the subfolder for the SPSystemBackup. xml file. Token file for restoring the TPM configuration Default file name: SPEmRecToken. xml Default path: Removable media (FD, USB memory, etc. ) Key and certificate backup file Default file name: SpBackupArchive. xml Default path: None (Clicking Browse displays the <userfolder>\Documents\Security Platform window. ) PSD backup file Default file name: SpPSDBackup. fsb Default path: None (Clicking Browse displays the <userfolder>\Documents\Security Platform window. ) n 134 N Customizing Your VAIO Computer Do not encrypt the following password reset token or secret files. There will be no way to reset the password if you carelessly encrypt them. Sony assumes no liabilities for any troubles and damages arising out of your careless encryption of the following files and folders including them. Password reset token file Default file name: SPPwdResetToken. xml Default path: Removable media (FD, USB memory, etc. ) Password reset secret file Default file name: SPPwdResetSecret. xml Default path: Removable media (FD, USB memory, etc. ) n 135 N Customizing Your VAIO Computer Configuring the TPM To use the embedded TPM, you need to: 1 2 3 Enable the TPM in the BIOS setup screen. Initialize and configure the TPM. To enable the TPM in the BIOS setup screen 1 2 Turn on your computer. If not, restart the computer and press the F2 key several times when the VAIO logo appears. Press the < or , key to select the Security tab, the M or m key to select Change TPM State, and then the Enter key. Press the < or , key to select Exit, select Exit Setup, and then press the Enter key. After your system restarts, select Execute in the confirmation window and then press the Enter key. !Before enabling the TPM, be sure to set the power-on and hard disk passwords to protect against unauthorized modification of the TPM configuration. If the TPM is enabled, it will take longer before the VAIO logo appears due to security checks at computer startup. 3 4 5 6 You can also disable the TPM and clear the TPM configuration in the BIOS setup screen. Note that you will not be able to access any TPM-protected data if you clear the TPM ownership. Before clearing the TPM configuration, be sure to make backup copies of the TPM-protected data. n 136 N Customizing Your VAIO Computer To install the Infineon TPM Professional Package Read the Readme. txt in the C:\Infineon\Readme folder. Then, double-click setup. exe in the C:\Infineon folder to install the package. [. . . ] For contacts about the software, see Program Support Information (page 225). VAIO Touch Launcher allows you to run an application program or change the sound/display settings with the buttons on the launcher window. For contacts about the software, see Program Support Information (page 225). VAIO Update helps you keep your VAIO® computer up to date by regularly checking the Sony online support Web site for important software updates and information for your specific VAIO computer model. [. . . ]