Setup BIOS password using PowerShell/WMI

[Faraz_pk]

Hi Guys,

I am trying to set BIOS password using PowerShell/WMI for HP DC8300 Desktop. I could be able to setup other changes to the BIOS such as After Power loss, Boot Order etc using HP_BIOSSettingInterface Class. However, get Access denied return code when run try the following script to setup the password.

$BIOS_Config= Get-WmiObject -Namespace root/hp/instrumentedBIOS -Class HP_BIOSSettingInterface -EnableAll
$BIOS_Config.SetBIOSSetting('Setup Password', 'newPasswor', 'currentPassword')  

The currentPassword is blank password.

Your help would be highly appreciated.

Faraz Amjad

[ShaunC1]

$passChange= Get -WMIObject -Namespace root\hp\instrumentedBIOS -Class HP_BIOSSettingInterface -ComputerName insertcomputername
$passChange.SetBIOSSetting('Setup Password', '<utf-16/> password')

Using the -ComputerName you can apply the password to any computer on your network.  Ensure you are running powershell as admin.

[ducoteg27]

I had to slightly modify this script to get it to work on my HP Elite 8300 SFF Desktop.

$passChange= Get-WmiObject -computername "Insert Computer name" -Namespace root/hp/instrumentedBIOS -Class HP_BIOSSettingInterface

$passChange.SetBIOSSetting('Setup Password', '<utf-16/> InsertPassword')

In my organization we have many different HP models that are laptops and desktops. My question is, what models will this work with? Will it be different per model?

I need to perform the same actions on these models:

HP Probook 6475b

HP Probook 6565b

HP Compaq 6005 Pro SFF

Any information on how I can get this working for these machines?