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Posted on September 11, 2020September 12, 2020

Dell BIOS Settings Management – WMI

Earlier this year, I wrote about how to manage Dell BIOS settings using PowerShell. The method described in that post uses the DellBIOSProvider PowerShell module. This method works, but I was not completely satisfied with it, as the PowerShell module needs to … View full post

Posted on September 11, 2020September 11, 2020

Dell BIOS Password Management – WMI

Earlier this year, I wrote about how to manage Dell BIOS passwords using PowerShell. The method described in that post uses the DellBIOSProvider PowerShell module. This method works, but I was not completely satisfied with it, as the PowerShell module needs … View full post

Posted on March 10, 2020

Installing the HP Client Management Script Library

If you’ve been keeping up with my blog posts, you’ll know that HP natively provides a few WMI classes and methods to the WIndows OS. These WMI classes work great for managing BIOS settings, but what if I want to manage Firmware … View full post

Posted on February 24, 2020September 17, 2020

BIOS Management – Example Task Sequences

UPDATE September 16th, 2020 – The scripts included in these downloads are currently outdated. I plan to update this post soon with the latest script versions.

Now that I have working BIOS management scripts for Dell, HP, and Lenovo, I figured I … View full post

Posted on February 21, 2020September 11, 2020

Dell BIOS Settings Management – PSModule

This post was updated on September 11th, 2020.

Update: Dell does now provide native WMI classes to manage BIOS settings on newer models. For more information, see this post: Dell BIOS Settings Management – WMI. For information on using the Dell … View full post

Posted on February 18, 2020

Configuration Manager Collection Creation Script

I just finished updating the script I’ve been using to bulk create collections in Configuration Manager. I know there are already many different examples of this same type of script out there, but I figured I’d share my take on it.

The … View full post

Posted on January 30, 2020January 30, 2020

App Packaging PowerShell Functions

I’ve recently been working on a lot of app packaging, and I decided to take the opportunity to update my scripts. In this post I’ll cover 3 PowerShell functions that I found to be the most useful. The functions can be found … View full post

Posted on November 3, 2019September 11, 2020

Dell BIOS Password Management – PSModule

This post was updated on September 11th, 2020.

Update: Dell does now provide native WMI classes to manage BIOS passwords on newer models. For more information, see this post: Dell BIOS Password Management – WMI. For information on using the Dell … View full post

Posted on November 3, 2019February 20, 2022

Working with the Dell Command | PowerShell Provider

This post was updated on February 20th, 2022.

I’ve recently been writing a series of blog posts on how to manage BIOS and Firmware settings using PowerShell. When working with HP and Lenovo hardware I was able to modify the settings by … View full post

Posted on August 1, 2019October 18, 2020

Lenovo BIOS Settings Management

This post was updated on October 18th, 2020.

This post is one of 3 posts in my series on managing BIOS settings using PowerShell. I’ve also written about Dell and HP. In this post I’ll be talking about using PowerShell to … View full post

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My name is Jon Anderson. I am a Senior Systems Consultant at Trafera. This blog is a place for me to share my notes about things I’ve found helpful.

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