{"id":560,"date":"2019-07-18T20:43:32","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T20:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/md10\/?page_id=560"},"modified":"2019-10-10T11:45:37","modified_gmt":"2019-10-10T11:45:37","slug":"setting-up-pin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/md10\/general-info\/md10-laptops\/setting-up-pin\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting up a Security PIN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A security PIN is a method of ensuring the laptop will not boot to the Operating System until the PIN is entered. This is an extremely secure method of protecting the data on the laptop.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Please note that we do not currently recommend doing this unless instructed to by DTS. This should not be done on shared or loan laptops. Please use a unique password that in memorable and not used for any other login.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#mdacpin\">Using MDAC to setup your PIN<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#updatepin\">Altering your PIN<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span id=\"mdacpin\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Using MDAC to setup your PIN<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3>PIN Requirements<\/h3>\n<p>The PIN must contain a minimum of 8 characters.<br \/>\nWe are using an &#8216;Enhanced PIN&#8217; configuration which allows alpha numeric and special characters to be used in the PIN.<\/p>\n<h3>Recovering a forgotten PIN<\/h3>\n<p>It is not possible for us to recover your PIN if you have forgotten it. The only way to boot a laptop if the PIN has been forgotten is to enter a 48 digit recovery key in order to allow the laptop to boot.<br \/>\nOnce the laptop has started you can login and reset you PIN to something memorable.<\/p>\n<h3>Implementing A PIN on your Office laptop<\/h3>\n<p>Below are the instructions required for implementing a PIN on your laptop.<\/p>\n<h5>1) Launch MDAC<\/h5>\n<p>Select the MDAC desktop shortcut and open the application.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-538\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/md10\/files\/2019\/07\/MDACShortcut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"83\" height=\"95\" \/><\/p>\n<p>2) Select the Self Service item<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-585\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/md10\/files\/2019\/07\/selfserviceicon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/md10\/files\/2019\/07\/selfserviceicon.png 215w, https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/md10\/files\/2019\/07\/selfserviceicon-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/md10\/files\/2019\/07\/selfserviceicon-144x144.png 144w, https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/md10\/files\/2019\/07\/selfserviceicon-50x50.png 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3) Select the &#8216;Change Bitlocker PIN&#8217; item<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-582\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/md10\/files\/2019\/07\/ChangeBitlockerPin-150x91.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/md10\/files\/2019\/07\/ChangeBitlockerPin-300x82.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/md10\/files\/2019\/07\/ChangeBitlockerPin.png 331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>4) Enter the PIN you wish to use to protect the laptop, then press &#8216;Set PIN&#8217;<br \/>\n<em>The PIN can be alpha numeric and must be 8 characters or more<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/md10\/enternewpin\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-583\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/md10\/files\/2019\/07\/EnterNewPin.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"59\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/md10\/files\/2019\/07\/EnterNewPin.png 743w, https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/md10\/files\/2019\/07\/EnterNewPin-300x44.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>5) You will be asked to run an executable. Please allow this this run<\/p>\n<p>6) When successful you will be presented with results page. Please close the page to complete.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-584\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/md10\/files\/2019\/07\/PINSuccessful.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/md10\/files\/2019\/07\/PINSuccessful.png 352w, https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/md10\/files\/2019\/07\/PINSuccessful-300x90.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span id=\"updatepin\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Altering your PIN<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>If you want to alter your PIN to something more memorable or you need to change it for security reasons then you can either use the MDAC method above for setting a PIN or you can do this via the Contol Panel application.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A security PIN is a method of ensuring the laptop will not boot to the Operating System until the PIN is entered. This is an extremely secure method of protecting the data on the laptop. Please note that we do not currently recommend doing this unless instructed to by DTS. 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