Lenovo ThinkPad T420 (English) BIOS Setup using Windows Management Instrumenta - Page 5

Contents - bios

Get Lenovo ThinkPad T420 PDF manuals and user guides View all Lenovo ThinkPad T420 manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals

Page 5 highlights

Contents Preface v Chapter 1. Overview 1 Using Windows Management Instrumentation . . 1 Key benefits 1 Functions 1 Environment 2 Interface 2 Supported computers 2 Chapter 2. Script classes and parameters 3 Configuring BIOS settings 3 Return types 3 Password Authentication 4 Available BIOS setting names 4 Chapter 3. Typical usage 13 Listing current BIOS settings 13 Changing BIOS settings 13 Changing the boot order 13 Restoring default settings 14 Changing an existing hardware password . . . . 14 Limitations 14 Chapter 4. Security 15 Appendix A. Sample Visual Basic scripts for configuring BIOS settings 17 Restore default settings 17 List all BIOS settings on the local computer . . . 17 Set a single BIOS setting on the local computer . 18 Set a single BIOS setting on the local computer if a supervisor password exists 19 List all BIOS settings on the remote computer . . 20 Set a single BIOS setting on a remote computer . 20 Set a single BIOS setting on a remote computer when a supervisor password exists 21 Set a supervisor password on the local computer when a supervisor password exists 22 Set a supervisor password on a remote computer when a supervisor password exists 23 Appendix B. Sample PowerShell scripts for remote BIOS management 25 Get all current BIOS settings 25 Show a particular BIOS setting 26 Setting a BIOS setting 27 Appendix C. Notices 29 Trademarks 30 © Copyright Lenovo 2008, 2012 iii

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
Contents
Preface
................
v
Chapter 1. Overview .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
1
Using
Windows
Management
Instrumentation
.
.
1
Key bene±ts
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
1
Functions
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
1
Environment
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
2
Interface
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
2
Supported computers
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
2
Chapter
2.
Script
classes
and
parameters
..............
3
Con±guring BIOS settings
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
3
Return types
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
3
Password
Authentication
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
4
Available
BIOS
setting
names
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
4
Chapter
3.
Typical
usage
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
13
Listing
current
BIOS
settings
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
13
Changing BIOS settings
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
13
Changing the boot order .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
13
Restoring
default
settings
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
14
Changing
an
existing
hardware
password
.
.
.
.
14
Limitations
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
14
Chapter 4. Security
..........
15
Appendix
A.
Sample
Visual
Basic
scripts
for
conFguring
BIOS
settings
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
17
Restore
default
settings
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
17
List
all
BIOS
settings
on
the
local
computer
.
.
.
17
Set
a
single
BIOS
setting
on
the
local
computer
.
18
Set
a
single
BIOS
setting
on
the
local
computer
if
a
supervisor
password
exists.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
19
List
all
BIOS
settings
on
the
remote
computer
.
.
20
Set
a
single
BIOS
setting
on
a
remote
computer
.
20
Set
a
single
BIOS
setting
on
a
remote
computer
when
a
supervisor
password
exists
.
.
.
.
.
.
21
Set
a
supervisor
password
on
the
local
computer
when
a
supervisor
password
exists
.
.
.
.
.
.
22
Set
a
supervisor
password
on
a
remote
computer
when
a
supervisor
password
exists
.
.
.
.
.
.
23
Appendix
B.
Sample
PowerShell
scripts
for
remote
BIOS
management
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
25
Get
all
current
BIOS
settings
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
25
Show
a
particular
BIOS
setting
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
26
Setting
a
BIOS
setting.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
27
Appendix
C.
Notices.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
29
Trademarks
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
30
©
Copyright
Lenovo
2008,
2012
iii