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‎05-07-2022 11:54 AM

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Product: HP EliteBook 8740w Mobile Workstation (ENERGY STAR)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

I recently acquired one of these old laptops and have been getting it in workable condition again.   Unfortunately it had a BIOS password so I used a method to remove it.  However it also removed a couple of other fields, like Serial number, and SKU.

I've tried putting them back in using the HP BIOS Configuration Utility but it fails.  I suspect that this is because I updated the firm to version 0.60 (from 0.1) in the hopes that it would correct these missing entries, it didn't and I now think that the new version is too new to work with that utility.
With these missing entries, EVERY time the system starts I get stuck at the BIOS screen until I hit enter.  Is there away to re-enter the correct values or at least turn off the prompt for the error?

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