Securing BIOS Passwords in Unattended Deployments

My Dell, HP, and Lenovo BIOS password and settings scripts all accept the BIOS password as a plain-text parameter. This keeps the scripts simple and broadly compatible, but it means that how you deliver the password to the script is also how you secure the password. This post covers how to do that safely under Configuration Manager and task sequences, and how the built-in CMS support added in version 2.3.0 makes it easier. ...

May 24, 2026 · 9 min

BIOS Management - Example Task Sequences

Example Configuration Manager task sequences for the Dell, HP, and Lenovo BIOS scripts. The bundled scripts are outdated; current ones are in the linked posts.

February 24, 2020 · 3 min

Lenovo BIOS Settings Management

A PowerShell script to get or set Lenovo BIOS settings, or reset them to defaults, using WMI. Settings come from the script or a CSV file.

August 1, 2019 · 10 min

Lenovo BIOS Password Management

A PowerShell script to change or clear Lenovo BIOS supervisor, power on, and system management passwords using WMI. The first password must be set manually.

July 8, 2019 · 16 min