Lenovo ThinkCentre M58 BIOS Windows Management Instrumentation Interface Deplo - Page 13

Chapter 3. Typical Usage Through WMI, you can configure BIOS settings in the following ways: ·List BIOS settings ·Change BIOS settings ·Change the boot order (sometimes referred to as the startup sequence) ·Load default BIOS settings Listing current BIOS settings For a list of all available BIOS settings that can be changed through WMI on a specific computer, use the Lenovo_BiosSetting class (see "List all BIOS settings on the local computer" on page 12 and "List all BIOS settings on the remote computer" on page 14 for sample scripts). See Table 4 on page 4 for a list of available BIOS settings. Changing BIOS settings To change a BIOS setting, complete the following steps: 1. Identify the BIOS setting you want to change using the Lenovo_BiosSetting class (see "List all BIOS settings on the local computer" on page 12 and "List all BIOS settings on the remote computer" on page 14 for sample scripts). 2. Identify the value to which the setting will be changed. Note: See Table 4 on page 4 for a list of available values for a particular setting. 3. Change the BIOS setting to the desired value using the Lenovo_SetBiosSetting class, then use the Lenovo_SaveBiosSetting class to save the settings (see "Set a single BIOS setting on the local computer" on page 12 and "Set a single BIOS setting on a remote computer" on page 14 for sample scripts). Note: BIOS settings and values are case sensitive. After making changes to the BIOS settings, you must reboot the computer before the changes will take effect. Changing the boot order To change the boot order, complete the following steps: 1. Determine the current setting for "BootOrder" by using the @Copyright Lenovo 2009 7