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- Lenovo ThinkPad W701 | (English) BIOS Setup using Windows Management Instrumenta - Page 1
Lenovo BIOS Setup using Windows Management Instrumentation Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad W701 | (English) BIOS Setup using Windows Management Instrumenta - Page 2
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Lenovo BIOS Setup using Windows Management Instrumentation Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad W701 | (English) BIOS Setup using Windows Management Instrumenta - Page 4
document, read Appendix C "Notices" on page 29. Sixth Edition (August 2012) © Copyright Lenovo 2008, 2012. LIMITED AND RESTRICTED RIGHTS NOTICE: If data or software is delivered pursuant a General Services Administration "GSA" contract, use, reproduction, or disclosure is subject to restrictions set - Lenovo ThinkPad W701 | (English) BIOS Setup using Windows Management Instrumenta - Page 5
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 - Lenovo ThinkPad W701 | (English) BIOS Setup using Windows Management Instrumenta - Page 6
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, settings, and boot order using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) through the Lenovo client-management interface. This guide is intended for skilled IT administrators who are familiar with configuring BIOS settings on computers in their organizations. This guide is provided in a ZIP file - Lenovo ThinkPad W701 | (English) BIOS Setup using Windows Management Instrumenta - Page 8
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provided as a standard feature in most Windows® operating systems. It provides a powerful set of functions, such as query-based information retrieval and event notification, which enables users to manage both local and remote computers. The Lenovo BIOS WMI interface extends the capabilities of WMI - Lenovo ThinkPad W701 | (English) BIOS Setup using Windows Management Instrumenta - Page 10
updating supervisor passwords, power-on passwords, and hard disk drive (HDD) passwords • No dependency on a specific BIOS level Environment • Remote or local capabilities • Support of unattended operations • No software installation, including managed object format (MOF), required • Replaces - Lenovo ThinkPad W701 | (English) BIOS Setup using Windows Management Instrumenta - Page 11
details for configuring BIOS settings. Configuring BIOS settings The following interface details can be used to access Lenovo BIOS settings. • BIOS settings: Table 2. Return Types Return Type Description Success Operation completed successfully. Not Supported The feature is not supported on - Lenovo ThinkPad W701 | (English) BIOS Setup using Windows Management Instrumenta - Page 12
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 - Lenovo ThinkPad W701 | (English) BIOS Setup using Windows Management Instrumenta - Page 13
listed in the Supported products column in Table 4 "List of available BIOS settings" on page 5 mean the following: 1 - R400, R500, T400, T500, W500, X200, X200s, X200 Tablet 2 - X301 3 - W700, , X230 Tablet 10 - L430, L530 11- T430u 12- X1 Carbon Table 4. List of available BIOS settings Item name - Lenovo ThinkPad W701 | (English) BIOS Setup using Windows Management Instrumenta - Page 14
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 4 5 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 8, 9 1, 3 6 Lenovo BIOS Setup using Windows Management Instrumentation Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad W701 | (English) BIOS Setup using Windows Management Instrumenta - Page 15
Supported products 1, 2, 3, 4 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 1, 5, 6, 7, 8 10, 11 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 - Lenovo ThinkPad W701 | (English) BIOS Setup using Windows Management Instrumenta - Page 16
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Note: It is not supported to set this feature to "Disable" because of security reason. 8 Lenovo BIOS Setup using Windows Management Instrumentation Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad W701 | (English) BIOS Setup using Windows Management Instrumenta - Page 17
", "Disable" Load default? Supported products N 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 N 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 N 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 N 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 N 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 N 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 N 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 - Lenovo ThinkPad W701 | (English) BIOS Setup using Windows Management Instrumenta - Page 18
9, 10, 11, 12 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 10 Lenovo BIOS Setup using Windows Management Instrumentation Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad W701 | (English) BIOS Setup using Windows Management Instrumenta - Page 19
Table 4. List of available BIOS settings (continued) Item name Selection name RapidBoot "Normal", "Diagnostics", "Rapid" ReserveMemoryForUEFIBootManager "Enable", "Disable" DuplicityCfg "Enable", "Disable" Load default? Y N Y Supported products 7 7 7 Chapter 2. Script classes and - Lenovo ThinkPad W701 | (English) BIOS Setup using Windows Management Instrumenta - Page 20
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BIOS setting on a remote computer" on page 20 for sample scripts). Specify a new boot order by listing the boot devices in order, separated by colons. Devices that are not specified are excluded from the boot order. In the following example, the CD drive 0 is the first boot device and hard disk - Lenovo ThinkPad W701 | (English) BIOS Setup using Windows Management Instrumenta - Page 22
(POP) and hard disk passwords (HDP). If you want to change BIOS settings and POP or HDP, you must reboot the system after changing one of them. • A password cannot be set using this method when one does not already exist. Passwords can only be updated or cleared. 14 Lenovo BIOS Setup using Windows - Lenovo ThinkPad W701 | (English) BIOS Setup using Windows Management Instrumenta - Page 23
: 1. Set an impersonation level of "impersonate" 2. Set an authentication level of "pktPrivacy" See Appendix A "Sample Visual Basic scripts for configuring BIOS settings" on page 17 for sample scripts used to implement WMI-based administration scripts that include these parameters for encryption - Lenovo ThinkPad W701 | (English) BIOS Setup using Windows Management Instrumenta - Page 24
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in the ZIP file can be used as-is on Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 to modify BIOS settings on your Lenovo computer. The scripts can be executed on a command prompt using the cscript.exe utility. On Windows Vista and Windows 7, you must run the scripts from an administrator command prompt - Lenovo ThinkPad W701 | (English) BIOS Setup using Windows Management Instrumenta - Page 26
a single BIOS setting on the local computer. Syntax: cscript.exe SetConfig.vbs [Item] [Value]Example: cscript.exe SetConfig.vbs WakeOnLAN Disable ' ' Set specific BIOS Setting ' "Success" Then WScript.Quit End If 18 Lenovo BIOS Setup using Windows Management Instrumentation Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad W701 | (English) BIOS Setup using Windows Management Instrumenta - Page 27
on the local computer if a supervisor password exists. Syntax: cscript.exe SetConfigPassword.vbs [Item] [Value] [Password + Encoding] Example: cscript.exe SetConfigPassword.vbs WakeOnLAN Disable pass,ascii,us ' ' Set specific BIOS Setting ' On Error Resume Next Dim colItems If WScript.Arguments - Lenovo ThinkPad W701 | (English) BIOS Setup using Windows Management Instrumenta - Page 28
remote computer. Syntax: cscript.exe SetConfigRemote.vbs [Item] [Value] [Hostname]Example: cscript.exe SetConfigRemote.vbs WakeOnLAN Disable mattdev-c5 ' ' Set specific BIOS Setting ' On Error Resume Next Dim colItems If WScript.Arguments.Count 3 Then 20 Lenovo BIOS Setup using Windows Management - Lenovo ThinkPad W701 | (English) BIOS Setup using Windows Management Instrumenta - Page 29
setting on a remote computer when a supervisor password exists. Syntax: cscript.exe SetConfigPasswordRemote.vbs [Item] [Value] [Password + Encoding] [Hostname]Example: cscript.exe SetConfigPasswordRemote.vbs WakeOnLAN Disable pass,ascii,us mattdev-c5 ' ' Set specific BIOS Setting ' On Error Resume - Lenovo ThinkPad W701 | (English) BIOS Setup using Windows Management Instrumenta - Page 30
computer when Update Admnistrator Password ' On Error Resume Next Dim colItems If WScript.Arguments.Count 3 Then WScript.Echo "SetSupervisorPassword.vbs [old Password] [new Password] [encoding]" WScript.Quit End If 22 Lenovo BIOS Setup using Windows Management Instrumentation Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad W701 | (English) BIOS Setup using Windows Management Instrumenta - Page 31
file as templates to set the supervisor password on a remote computer when a supervisor password exists. Note: You cannot set a .vbs oldpass newpass ascii,us mattdev-c5 ' ' Update Admnistrator Password ' On Error Resume Next Dim colItems If Sample Visual Basic scripts for configuring BIOS settings 23 - Lenovo ThinkPad W701 | (English) BIOS Setup using Windows Management Instrumenta - Page 32
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$_.CurrentSetting.replace To obtain the current BIOS settings from a remote computer on your network, replace test-pc with the computer name of the target computer in the Enable AlwaysOnUSB = Disable TrackPoint = Automatic TouchPad = Automatic FnKeyLock = Disable © Copyright Lenovo 2008, 2012 25 - Lenovo ThinkPad W701 | (English) BIOS Setup using Windows Management Instrumenta - Page 34
USBHDD:HDD1 PS C:\> Show a particular BIOS setting Use the sample scripts in the ZIP file as templates to display the current value of a specified setting. Replace "AlwaysOnUSB" with the name of the setting to be queried. 26 Lenovo BIOS Setup using Windows Management Instrumentation Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad W701 | (English) BIOS Setup using Windows Management Instrumenta - Page 35
) -eq "AlwaysOnUSB"} | Format-List CurrentSetting Remote computer: gwmi -class Lenovo_BiosSetting -namespace root\wmi : AlwaysOnUSB,Disable Setting a BIOS setting Use the following script as a template to set the value of a setting. Replace "WakeOnLAN,Disable" with the item - Lenovo ThinkPad W701 | (English) BIOS Setup using Windows Management Instrumenta - Page 36
IsInstance : True PS C:\> 28 Lenovo BIOS Setup using Windows Management Instrumentation Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad W701 | (English) BIOS Setup using Windows Management Instrumenta - Page 37
to state or imply that only that Lenovo product, program, or service may be used. Any functionally equivalent product, program, or service that does not infringe any Lenovo intellectual property right may be used instead. However, it is the user's responsibility to evaluate and verify the operation - Lenovo ThinkPad W701 | (English) BIOS Setup using Windows Management Instrumenta - Page 38
, or both: Lenovo The Lenovo logo ThinkPad ThinkVantage Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Active Directory are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies. Other company, product, or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others. 30 Lenovo BIOS Setup using - Lenovo ThinkPad W701 | (English) BIOS Setup using Windows Management Instrumenta - Page 39
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