9.5 Disabling TPM
The instructions in this section describes the process for disabling the TPM's of Dell computers, if you have a different computer, please refer to the manufacturer's manual for instructions on how to access the BIOS setup menu for that computer and clearing its TPM chip.
Remember that when the TPM is disabled, you will not able to use any of the EMBASSY Trust Suite applications.
Steps for Disabling the TPM:
- Turn on or reboot your computer, during the startup screen (see Figure 9.19), press F2 to go to the BIOS setup menu.
- On the BIOS menu, see Figure 9.20, using the arrow keys go to Security settings category, press the <Enter> key. Select TPM Activation and on the right side of the menu select Deactivate. Or select TPM Security, and select Off (see Figure 9.21).
- You have just disabled the TPM hardware on the BIOS, now you save the configuration, by press <ESC> key, choose to Save/Exit, see Figure 9.22, then the computer will be restarted.

Figure 9.19: Accessing BIOS

Figure 9.20: BIOS menu - TPM Activation

Figure 9.21: BIOS menu - TPM Security

Figure 9.22: BIOS menu - Exit & Save changes
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