Checking for a TPM chip

- [Instructor] In this video, I want to show you…how to check your computer to see if it's equipped…with a trusted platform module or a TPM chip.…So there are a couple of different ways…that you can do this.…I'm going to show you two different methods.…The first method is to right-click on the Start button…and go to Run and type tpm.msc,…just as you see right here.…And I'll click Okay, and that's going to open up…the Trusted Platform module snap-in;…and what we can see right here in the status section…is that the TPM is ready for use with reduced functionality.…

The reason why this indicates reduced functionality…is because the TPM has not yet been prepared.…You'll notice that we have a link…right over here to prepare the TPM.…Now, another way that you can check to see…if a computer has a TPM is to right-click…on the Start button and then go to System…and then click on Device Manager.…And then when Device Manager opens,…look for a node called Security Devices,…which we can see right here; and if I expand this out,…