Infineon Security Platform User Initialization Wizard

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Infineon Security Platform Solution - User Initialization Wizard

Infineon Security Platform User Initialization Wizard

The Infineon Security Platform User Initialization Wizard is intended for experts to initialize the Security Platform Users and to configure the user-specific features (secure e-mail, file and folder encryption with EFS and PSD, Enhanced Authentication). This wizard has to be started for each computer user, who shall intend to use the personalized Infineon Security Platform Features (i.e., who will be Infineon Security Platform User).
If you want to quickly initialize your Security Platform User with default settings, you are recommended to use Quick Initialization Wizard instead.

Availability of wizard:
  • This wizard is available if the Security Platform has been initialized and the policy Allow User Enrollment is enabled with the option Allow Management provider and wizard, or if this policy is not configured (same conditions apply if you start this wizard from the Taskbar Notification Icon). Note this policy is only in effect for users who are not yet initialized.
  • If a user has been initialized before, the policy is not in effect and this wizard can be used to configure the user-specific features (same conditions apply if you start this wizard from the Taskbar Notification Icon).
  • In server mode this wizard is available only if the current user is a member of User Enrollment Group.

Wizard Steps

The following table shows the wizard steps for a not yet initialized user. For an already initialized user only steps required for a special wizard task are performed (e.g. configure user-specific Security Platform Features).

Step Comment
1. Authentication Device Only if the Security Platform Administrator has enabled at least one authentication device.
Only if the Security Platform User is not yet initialized. Else this page is available via Security Platform Features.

If you have already configured Enhanced Authentication, but your authentication device and your Security Platform have different Basic User Passphrases, you will be prompted to synchronize your Basic User Passphrase.
2. Basic User Password Only if the Security Platform User is not yet initialized.
3. Basic User Password Reset Only if the Security Platform Administrator has configured the Password Reset feature.
4. Security Platform Features Secure e-mail, file and folder encryption with EFS and PSD, Enhanced Authentication
5. Request a Certificate Only if secure e-mail or file and folder encryption (EFS or PSD) was selected.
6. Configure secure e-mail Only if secure e-mail was selected.
7. Encryption Certificate Only if file and folder encryption (EFS or PSD) was selected.
8. Personal Secure Drive Only if file and folder encryption with Personal Secure Drive was selected.

Application Startup

If the current user is not yet initialized: From the Taskbar Notification Icon, click on menu item Security Platform User Initialization. Quick Initialization Wizard will start. In the Welcome page, select Advanced Initialization. Security Platform User Initialization Wizard will be started.

If the current user is already initialized: Start the User Initialization Wizard via the Settings Tool.

Command line parameter description: You can also start the wizard via Windows Explorer by double clicking on the file SpUserWz.exe in the Security Platform Solution installation directory. The following command line parameter is supported:

Parameter Comment
-forceinit or /forceinit Force a user re-initialization.

All existing user credentials are lost. Use this command line parameter only, if no Backup Archive is available.

This command line parameter is not supported in server mode as:

  • The user will not run into a situation where he needs to use this parameter.
  • The user in an Trust Domain environment is not expected to use this.


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