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Log on to the Drive Encryption client system

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When the client system is restarted and Drive Encryption is first activated, the user needs to log on with the user name that matches the user account defined in the user configuration file.

  1. Restart the client system after installing and activating Drive Encryption. The Preboot Authentication page appears, prompting for a user name.

  2. In the user name field, type the user name that was defined in the user configuration file.

    Note

    The user account can be a password user or a user associated with a supported token type. When you are logging on for the first time, initialize the user with the default password of 12345 on the Preboot Authentication page. The user is then prompted to change this password and enroll for self-recovery.

    After initializing your token, the self-recovery enrollment dialog box appears. The default self-recovery setting for Offline Activation is configured to prompt for these recovery questions:

    • What is your favorite color?

    • What is your pet's name?

    • What is your favorite musician?

    Once recovery enrollment is complete, the client system boots to Windows.