Key? Key! -MSI Smart Key

Key? Key!



The role of MSI SmartKey is simply to prevent unauthorized users from using your computer. MSI SmartKey is a completely hardware-based computer lock tool, which is different from BIOS password protection. The latter is simply a virtual device for hardware experts, the Smart Key can provide full protection for your system. It uses the USB interface on the computer. It can be started only when the SmartKey computer is inserted on the USB port. After the computer enters the operating system, it can run normally only when it is inserted with the SmartKey. And when you need to leave the computer, you only need to unplug the key to put the computer under safe protection.

SmartKey has many advantages. For example, parents can use it to prevent children from using computers. Schools can use this feature in computer classrooms, so that students cannot use computers during non-class hours; enterprise employees can prevent unauthorized computers from leaking confidential information. Each SmartKey has an internal set of passwords written in the built-in chip, so users do not have to worry about using different smartkeys to start your computer.


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SmartKey is very easy to use. You only need to insert the SmartKey to the USB extended cable. With the extended cable, you don't have to drill down to the bottom of the table to plug and remove the SmartKey, the other end of the USB extended cable is plugged into the USB interface on the computer. Well, hardware installation is that simple.

After the SmartKey is inserted, turn on the computer, and the BIOS will automatically detect it after the system boot. For the first use Key, information will appear on the screen, ask whether to enable the SmartKey function, press Key Enabled.

If you press The system will turn off the SmartKey function and directly enter the operating system.

Press Then the system prompts you to enter the password (up to 8 characters), Press The key is complete. The system will ask you to enter the password again for confirmation. If the entered password is correct, the system will prompt that the SmartKey function is enabled successfully. Then, the computer enters the operating system normally. Once you unplug the SmartKey at startup, the computer will be locked and all keyboard and mouse operations will be ineffective. If the SmartKey is not detected when the computer is started, the following information is displayed, requiring the user to insert the SmartKey; otherwise, the computer will not be able to start.

If the user uses a SmartKey that does not match the system, the system will ask you to enter the password you set previously. If you enter an error three times, the system will still be locked. In addition, you can install the SmartKey application in a Windows operating system. You can use this program to set the desktop display content when the SmartKey is removed after the system is enabled, automatically log on to and disable screen saver and other special features.