Enabling and disabling password protection

To enable or disable the Password protection via Kaspersky Security Center:

  1. Open Kaspersky Security Center Administration Console.
  2. In the Managed devices folder of the console tree, open the folder with the name of the administration group to which the relevant protected virtual machines belong.
  3. In the workspace, select the Policies tab.
  4. Select a Light Agent for Windows policy in the list of policies and open the Properties: <Policy name> by double-clicking.
  5. In the Light Agent for Windows policy properties window, select the Interface section in the list on the left.

    The user interface settings are displayed in the right part of the window.

  6. To restrict access to the program with a password:
    1. In the Password protection section, select the Enable password protection check box and click the Settings button.

      The Password protection window opens.

    2. In the New user name field, type the name of the user on whose behalf the application will be accessed.
    3. In the New password field type a password for accessing the application.
    4. Confirm the password in the Confirm password field.
    5. In the Password scope section, specify the application operations for which the virtual machine user must enter the password:
      • If you want to restrict access to all operations with the application, select the All operations (except danger notifications) option.
      • Select the Selected operations option if you want to specify the operations that require entry of the password. In the section below, select the check boxes next to the names of the relevant operations.
    6. In the Password protection window, click OK.
  7. If you want to cancel password protection of the application, clear the Enable password protection check box.
  8. Click the Apply button.

To enable or disable the Password protection in local interface:

  1. Open the application settings window.
  2. In the left part of the window, in the Advanced Settings section, select Interface.

    The user interface settings are displayed in the right part of the window.

  3. If you want to use a password to restrict access to the application, complete step 6 of the previous instructions.

    If the Enable password protection check box is not available, this means that you cannot enable or disable password protection because the setting defined by the policy is applied to all protected virtual machines within the administration group.

  4. To cancel password restriction of access to the program:
    1. Clear the Enable password protection check box.
    2. Click the Save button.

      The application checks whether password protection is enabled for access restriction removal.

      • If the operation of canceling password protection for the application is not password protected, the restriction on access to the application is removed.
      • If application access restriction removal is a password-protected operation, the Password check window opens. This window appears every time the virtual machine user performs a password-protected operation.
    3. In the Password check window, type the password in the Password field.
    4. If you do not want the application to prompt you for the password when you attempt this operation again during the current session, select the Save password for current session check box. The restriction on access to Kaspersky Security is removed the next time that the application is started.

      When the Save password for current session check box is cleared, the application prompts you for the password every time that you attempt this operation.

    5. In the Password check window, click OK.
  5. To save changes, click the Save button.
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