Replies to post #172030 on Wave Systems Corp. (fka WAVXQ)

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Wavelongtime

I have a Dell Optiplex and if you go to programs and click on Security by Wave Systems it will open more options right below and one will say getting started with Embassy Trust Suite and if you click on that it will give you instuctions on how to enable your TPM. Here is what mine says

Enable and Activate the Trusted Platform Module (TPM)

This Dell computer is equipped with a security chip called a Trusted Platform Module (TPM). Its primary function is to generate and store secret encryption keys. These keys are used to encrypt documents and store sensitive data.

The following instructions describe how to prepare the Trusted Platform Module for use in the operating system. The TPM in this computer is disabled from the factory in order to conserve battery power when its security features are not in use.

1. Boot the computer and, during the Power-On-Self-Test, press the <F2> key to enter the CMOS Setup Program.

2. Select Security® TPM Security from the menu.

3. Set the TPM power state to On. (The default is Off.)

4. Press the Escape key and choose Save/Exit.

5. When the computer reboots, enter the CMOS Setup program again by pressing <F2>.

6. Select Security® TPM Activation from the menu.

7. Set the TPM Activation state to Activate.

8. Press the Escape key to exit from the CMOS Setup program.

9. Reboot into the operating system.

Now yours may be a little different but i would think not to much . Maybe you can do it now without entering the cmos at boot up? It would make it much more simpler to do it that way if they are able to or even if they enabled it from the factory .

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Wavelongtime

I am waiting for that same E6500 with the 7200 drive to arrive for many of the same reasons. I'll let you know by the end of the week how hard I found it to install. I feel I must remind people that installing a piece of software like Norton or McAffe is much less difficult intrinsically to program than the combination of hardware and software that Embassy involves. Also, I can remember times in the past where I gave up on Norton because of system conflicts.

My machine is currently on the truck. FWIW it was ordered on Monday so the Dell pipeline is moving smoothly and the Dell rep was fully familiar with the idea of encrypted drives although the free fall sensor on the 7200 was a bit of a new thing to her. BTW the free fall sensor is not about falling. It is a sensor that reacts to any sudden movement by withdrawing the disk head from the drive when it senses sudden movement preventing drive crashes when you move the machine.

It appears to me that the long hard fight to become a standard is being won and that those of us who have held on will get to see enough of the sea of tea leaves turn into a sea of turned on TPMs over the next few quarters. The long long slog has created a paved path to a prosperous future. So I say to those who have hung on that I can see Las Vegas from my home in NJ.

[awk]

wavelongtime: Your new PC

http://www.wave.com/support/DellSecuritySetupGuide/welcome.html

[wavoid4e]

"...this should be something that is as easy as installing my Norton Internet Secutirty software..."

well that's part of the problem wavelongtime. applications like norton are software based (easy to install and give users a false sense of safety - don't you suppose every time we hear about a network or computer with important data being breached, they surely had an antivirus installed, but NO hardware encryption) and the software based security is just not strong enough. yes, you have to go into the bios to set it up, but its this level of security that makes wave so special. i am dissapointed that you apparently didn't get full user friendly documentation included with the pc that explained how to easily set up the tpm and wave software. that should have been sitting there when you opened the pc - that type of thing would certainly get a few extra people to turn on the chips and pay a little extra.