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HP 255 15.6 inch G9 Notebook PC (50J80AV)

Hi everyone,

 

I’m trying to disable Absolute Persistent Module Lojack (also known as Computrace) on my HP Notebook, but I’ve run into a few issues and could use some guidance...

 

I followed the recommended steps to get started:

  1. Installed the HP Client Management Script Library to add HP commands in PowerShell
  2. Ran PowerShell in admin mode and set the execution policy to allow the script to run.
  3. Used `Get-HPBIOSSetting` and `Set-HPBIOSSettingValue` to try and manage the Absolute Persistence Module.

Here’s the problem: when I run `Get-HPBIOSSettingsList` to enumerate BIOS settings, I don’t see the “Absolute Persistence Module” option anywhere. Instead, I’m getting a long list of blank or unavailable settings:

 

```
DisplayInUI : 0
IsReadOnly : 0
Name :
Path :
Prerequisites : { }
PrerequisiteSize : 1
RequiresPhysicalPresence : 0
SecurityLevel : 0
Sequence : 0
Value :
CurrentValue :
PossibleValues : { , , , …}
Size : 12
Active : True
InstanceName : ACPI\PNP0C14\0_71
PSComputerName :
```

I’ve also tried using the `BiosConfigUtility` but ran into the same issue - almost nothing is available to configure in the BIOS (except the settings I have in the UEFI UI and there's even lack of some of them..

.

Has anyone else encountered this or found a solution?

 

For reference, another user @MinimusNL, successfully disabled it with PowerShell. You can check out their post for more details here: [Disabling Absolute Software's Lojack or Computrace software - https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Desktop-Software-and-How-To-Questions/Disabling-Absolute-Software-s-Lo...

 

Any advice would be appreciated! Thanks in advance!

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