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BIOS Settings with PowerShell

  • ISeeTWizard
  • October 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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    • October 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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    In different cases it is more convenient to read out the BIOS settings within Windows or even modify them.
    Depending on the brand of your machine you can find a complete handbook to achieve that with PowerShell.

    Here I give you the example for Lenovo and HP - Just examples that may work for your machine or not - check the manual corresponding do your machine!


    Lenovo

    Tested on Lenovo T14 models.

    PowerShell
    # List all Settings
    gwmi -class Lenovo_BiosSetting -namespace root\wmi | ForEach-Object {if ($_.CurrentSetting -ne "") {Write-Host $_.CurrentSetting.replace(","," = ")}}
    
    # Show a partical value
    gwmi -class Lenovo_BiosSetting -namespace root\wmi | Where-Object {$_.CurrentSetting.split(",",[StringSplitOptions]::RemoveEmptyEntries) -eq "MACAddressPassThrough"} | Format-List CurrentSetting 
    
    # Full BIOS Settings as table
    gwmi -class Lenovo_BiosSetting -namespace root\wmi  | Out-GridView
    
    # Set a BIOS setting 
    # Use the following command as a template to set the value of a setting. 
    # This is a two-step process: set and then save. 
    # Note: The setting string is case sensitive and should be in the format "<item>,<value>". 
    (gwmi -class Lenovo_SetBiosSetting –namespace root\wmi).SetBiosSetting("WakeOnLAN,Disable")
    (gwmi -class Lenovo_SaveBiosSettings -namespace root\wmi).SaveBiosSettings() 
    
    # Set a BIOS setting when a supervisor password exists 
    # Use the following command as a template to set the value of a setting 
    # when a supervisor password exists. 
    # This is a two-step process: set and then save. 
    # Note: The setting string is case sensitive and should be in the format 
    # "<item>,<value>,<password + encoding>". 
    (gwmi -class Lenovo_SetBiosSetting –namespace root\wmi).SetBiosSetting("VTdFeature,Enable,yourbiospassword,ascii,us")
    (gwmi -class Lenovo_SaveBiosSettings -namespace root\wmi).SaveBiosSettings("yourbiospassword,ascii,us")
    
    # Examples:
    (gwmi -class Lenovo_SetBiosSetting -namespace root\wmi).SetBiosSetting("VirtualizationTechnology,Disable,yourbiospassword,ascii,us")
    (gwmi -class Lenovo_SaveBiosSettings -namespace root\wmi).SaveBiosSettings("yourbiospassword,ascii,us") 
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    HP

    Tested on HP 840 models.

    PowerShell
    # Get Settings
    Get-WmiObject -Namespace root/hp/InstrumentedBIOS -Class HP_BIOSEnumeration
    
    # Get Settings but in txt file
    Get-WmiObject -Namespace root/hp/InstrumentedBIOS -Class HP_BIOSEnumeration | Out-File -FilePath c:\HPBiosSettings\HPBiosSettings.txt 
    
    # Save HP Settings in a variable
    $HPBiosSettings = Get-WmiObject -Namespace root/hp/InstrumentedBIOS -Class HP_BIOSSetting 
    
    # Example for changing a value
    $Interface.SetBIOSSetting("Reuse Embedded LAN Address","Enable")
    
    # Example
    # Put all values in a variable
    $SettingList = Get-WmiObject -Namespace root\HP\InstrumentedBIOS -Class HP_BIOSEnumeration  
    # Output just the name and value from the variable set before
    $SettingList | Select-Object Name,Value
    # Output just the name and value for "Reuse Embedded LAN Address"
    ($SettingList | Where-Object Name -eq "Reuse Embedded LAN Address") | select-object Name,Value 
    
    # Example with BIOS Password
    $Password = "<utf-16/>"+"yourbiospassword"
    $BIOS = gwmi -class hp_biossettinginterface -Namespace "root\hp\instrumentedbios"
    $result = $BIOS.SetBIOSSetting("NumLock on at boot", "Enable", "$Password")
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