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Table 2. Return Types (continued) Return Type Description Access Denied The change could not be made due to an authentication problem. If a supervisor password exists, the correct supervisor password must be provided. System Busy BIOS changes have already been made that need to be committed. Reboot the system and try again Password Authentication If a supervisor password is already set, you must specify that supervisor password before you can change any BIOS settings. The format for password parameters is "abc,ascii,us" with descriptions in the following table. Table 3. Password parameters format, password authentication Parameter Description Parameter Current password 1 Parameter Password encoding 2 Parameter Keyboard languages 3 (valid only if encoding is "ascii") Possible selections • "abc" - raw ascii character • "1e302e" - scancode • "ascii" • "scancode" • "us" - English US, English UK, Chinese-Traditional, Danish, Dutch, French-Canadian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish-European, Spanish-Latin American, Swiss, Turkish • "fr" - French-European, Belgian • "gr" - German, Czech, Slovak, Slovenian Available BIOS setting names Some BIOS settings are dependent on the presence of certain hardware features. Settings might vary on different computers. Notes: 1. BIOS settings and values are case sensitive. 2. The security-related options are not changed even if the "load default" is requested. 4 Lenovo BIOS Setup using Windows Management Instrumentation Deployment Guide

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Table
2.
Return
Types
(continued)
Return
Type
Description
Access
Denied
The
change
could
not
be
made
due
to
an
authentication
problem.
If
a
supervisor
password
exists,
the
correct
supervisor
password
must
be
provided.
System
Busy
BIOS
changes
have
already
been
made
that
need
to
be
committed.
Reboot
the
system
and
try
again
Password
Authentication
If
a
supervisor
password
is
already
set,
you
must
specify
that
supervisor
password
before
you
can
change
any
BIOS
settings.
The
format
for
password
parameters
is
"abc,ascii,us"
with
descriptions
in
the
following
table.
Table
3.
Password
parameters
format,
password
authentication
Parameter
Description
Possible
selections
Parameter
1
Current
password
“abc”
- raw
ascii
character
“1e302e”
- scancode
Parameter
2
Password
encoding
“ascii”
“scancode”
Parameter
3
Keyboard
languages
(valid
only
if
encoding
is
"ascii")
"us"
- English
US,
English
UK,
Chinese-Traditional,
Danish,
Dutch,
French-Canadian,
Italian,
Japanese,
Korean,
Norwegian,
Polish,
Portuguese,
Spanish-European,
Spanish-Latin
American,
Swiss,
Turkish
"fr"
- French-European,
Belgian
"gr"
- German,
Czech,
Slovak,
Slovenian
Available
BIOS
setting
names
Some
BIOS
settings
are
dependent
on
the
presence
of
certain
hardware
features.
Settings
might
vary
on
different
computers.
Notes:
1.
BIOS
settings
and
values
are
case
sensitive.
2.
The
security-related
options
are
not
changed
even
if
the
“load
default”
is
requested.
Lenovo
BIOS
Setup
using
Windows
Management
Instrumentation
Deployment
Guide
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