Dell Latitude XT (Late 2007) User Manual

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Setting Up and Using Your Tablet-PC

About Smart Cards

Smart cards are portable credit-card shaped devices with internal integrated

circuits. The top surface of the smart card usually contains an embedded

processor under the gold contact pad. The combination of the small size and

integrated circuits make smart cards valuable tools for security, data storage,

and special programs. Using smart cards can improve system security by

combining something a user has (the smart card) with something only the

user should know (a PIN) to provide more secure user-authentication than

passwords alone.
For more information about how to secure your Tablet-PC, see "Securing Your

Installing a Smart Card

You can install a smart card in the Tablet-PC while the Tablet-PC is running.

The Tablet-PC automatically detects the card.
To install a smart card:

NOTE:

You can use smart cards with your Tablet-PC only if you have also

purchased the optional smart-card reader that installs into the ExpressCard slot.

1 Hold the card so that the gold contact pad is facing upward and pointing

toward the smart-card reader’s slot.

1 gold contact pad

2 smart card (top)

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