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ThinkPad

Bios Settings Windows User’s Guide







Version 1.2




December 06, 2007






















Lenovo Group Ltd.







1. Introduction 1
2. Install 2
3. How to use 3
3.1. Creating ThinkPad settings capture file. 3
3.1.1. Setup a donor ThinkPad: 3
3.1.2. UseBiosSettingsWindows.exe to save the current settings of the donor ThinkPad to a file. 3
3.1.3. Power on Password and Hard disk Password 4
3.2. Apply ThinkPad Settings capture data to target systems 4
3.2.1. The target System requirement 4
3.2.2. Use BiosSettingsWindows.exe to apply the settings of the donor ThinkPad to a target ThinkPad. 4
4. Appendix 6
4.1. BIOS Setup Data andSecure Data 6
4.2. CSV file for Power on Password and Hard Disk Password 6
4.3. Complete list of BiosSettingsWindows arguments 7


Change History

08/07/2007 Ver1.0 Initial Release
10/10/2007 Ver1.1 Update Installer section
12/06/2007 Ver1.2 Update Installer section



Introduction


ThinkPad stores various BIOS settings in its non-volatile memory like CMOS or EEPROM. Thesesettings are configured by using the BIOS setup menu. In general, this is done manually by the user.
However, from a deployment point of view, the BIOS settings are expected to be common to all machines and to be controlled remotely. BiosSettingsWindows is a Windows® application for this purpose.



Features

BIOS setting copy
• Copy “BIOS Setup Data” settings by BIOS Setup
• Copy“Secure Data” settings by BIOS Setup (See Appendix)

Password Setup
• Install and Update for Power on Password
• Install for Hard Disk Password
• Copy Supervisor Password



Supported Models

T60, R60, X60, Z61 models or other new models that announced after 2006.


Supported OS

Windows® Vista® 32bit, Windows® XP®, Windows® 2000®,

Install

The program must be installed to botha donor ThinkPad and a target ThinkPad.

1) Logon to Windows® as an administrator account.
2) Run the downloaded exe file.
3) Specify directory you want to install this program.
4) The installer just copies the files to the specified directory at step.

The installer just unzips the program to a specified directory.
You can use this program just by copying whole of the directory toother ThinkPad.


Silent Install
Silent operation will be done with “/S” (capitalization required) and the default directory is “C:\Program Files\ThinkPad\BiosSettingsWindows\”)


Uninstall
Just delete the whole of the directory that the program is installed.

How to use

BiosSettingsWindows is a tool for copying BIOS settings. You need to setup one ThinkPad machine (a donor ThinkPad)and you can copy its settings information to any number of other ThinkPads.

Notice:
• Both the donor ThinkPad and a target ThinkPad must have the same BIOS Level
• The BiosSettingsWindows version on both donor and target must be the same.
• Both donor and target must have a Supervisor Password to use this tool. This is for security reasons to prevent malicious software from setting anunknown Supervisor Password, locking all users out of the system.
• ‘Using Passphrase’ setting (Bios Setup Utility -> Security-> Password) must be the same on both donor and target ThinkPad.

1 Creating ThinkPad settings capture file.

The BiosSettingsWindows programs must be installed to a donor ThinkPad.

1 Setup a donor ThinkPad:

1. Power on the donor ThinkPad and access the BIOSSetup Utility.(You can access this program by pressing the F1 key during the power-on self-test (POST))
2. Set a Supervisor Password. To capture the data, the ThinkPad must have a Supervisor Password.
3. Change and save the desired settings as required.
4. Exit from the BIOS Setup utility program and restart the ThinkPad. Ensure that the ThinkPad starts up and functions properly.


2 Use...