Listing Bios settings using Windows PowerShell
I have a Hp Pavilion g6 laptop running Windows 10 Pro and I would like to list all (or as much) bios setting as I can from within windows without actually going into the bios for debugging purposes. I searched online and I was able to find this PowerShell line
Get-WmiObject -Namespace root/hp/instrumentedBIOS -Class hp_biosEnumeration |Format-Table Name,Value -AutoSize
but it gives me this error
Get-WmiObject : Invalid namespace "root/hp/instrumentedBIOS"
At line:1 char:1
+ Get-WmiObject -Namespace root/hp/instrumentedBIOS -Class hp_biosEnume ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Get-WmiObject], ManagementException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : GetWMIManagementException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetWmiObjectCommand
and i don't know where to go from here
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I have a Hp Pavilion g6 laptop running Windows 10 Pro and I would like to list all (or as much) bios setting as I can from within windows without actually going into the bios for debugging purposes. I searched online and I was able to find this PowerShell line
Get-WmiObject -Namespace root/hp/instrumentedBIOS -Class hp_biosEnumeration |Format-Table Name,Value -AutoSize
but it gives me this error
Get-WmiObject : Invalid namespace "root/hp/instrumentedBIOS"
At line:1 char:1
+ Get-WmiObject -Namespace root/hp/instrumentedBIOS -Class hp_biosEnume ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Get-WmiObject], ManagementException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : GetWMIManagementException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetWmiObjectCommand
and i don't know where to go from here
windows-10 bios powershell wmi
asked 3 hours ago
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112
gwmi -class hp_biossettinginterface -Namespace "roothpinstrumentedbios" , can you please try this?, found this is a forum for a G3, unfortunately I don't own any HP hardware to try.
– CraftyB
2 hours ago
After looking further for the model G6 I have found the following article community.spiceworks.com/topic/… with a response from HP stating "BCU is a command-line utility for controlling various BIOS settings on a supported HP notebook, desktop, or workstation system. It requires a BIOS that supports HP WMI Namespace within the BIOS.", Whilst your not trying to use the BCU application if the wmi namespace is unavailable due to not being supported you will not be able to read from it via any other software (powershell etc).
– CraftyB
2 hours ago
yeah i have figured that sadly. maybe there is a 3rd to what i need. I just need to read the setting and nothing else
– user22341
2 hours ago
According to the HP CMI whitepaper, there may be a compatibility software layer that provides these WMI namespaces on otherwise unsupported systems: “The HP CMI Software Provider, available as a SoftPaq downloadable from HP.com, extends many of the capabilities of the HP Client Management Interface for legacy HP business computers.”
– Daniel B
2 hours ago
add a comment |
I have a Hp Pavilion g6 laptop running Windows 10 Pro and I would like to list all (or as much) bios setting as I can from within windows without actually going into the bios for debugging purposes. I searched online and I was able to find this PowerShell line
Get-WmiObject -Namespace root/hp/instrumentedBIOS -Class hp_biosEnumeration |Format-Table Name,Value -AutoSize
but it gives me this error
Get-WmiObject : Invalid namespace "root/hp/instrumentedBIOS"
At line:1 char:1
+ Get-WmiObject -Namespace root/hp/instrumentedBIOS -Class hp_biosEnume ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Get-WmiObject], ManagementException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : GetWMIManagementException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetWmiObjectCommand
and i don't know where to go from here
windows-10 bios powershell wmi
asked 3 hours ago
user22341user22341
112
I have a Hp Pavilion g6 laptop running Windows 10 Pro and I would like to list all (or as much) bios setting as I can from within windows without actually going into the bios for debugging purposes. I searched online and I was able to find this PowerShell line
Get-WmiObject -Namespace root/hp/instrumentedBIOS -Class hp_biosEnumeration |Format-Table Name,Value -AutoSize
but it gives me this error
Get-WmiObject : Invalid namespace "root/hp/instrumentedBIOS"
At line:1 char:1
+ Get-WmiObject -Namespace root/hp/instrumentedBIOS -Class hp_biosEnume ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Get-WmiObject], ManagementException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : GetWMIManagementException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetWmiObjectCommand
and i don't know where to go from here
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gwmi -class hp_biossettinginterface -Namespace "roothpinstrumentedbios" , can you please try this?, found this is a forum for a G3, unfortunately I don't own any HP hardware to try.
– CraftyB
2 hours ago
After looking further for the model G6 I have found the following article community.spiceworks.com/topic/… with a response from HP stating "BCU is a command-line utility for controlling various BIOS settings on a supported HP notebook, desktop, or workstation system. It requires a BIOS that supports HP WMI Namespace within the BIOS.", Whilst your not trying to use the BCU application if the wmi namespace is unavailable due to not being supported you will not be able to read from it via any other software (powershell etc).
– CraftyB
2 hours ago
yeah i have figured that sadly. maybe there is a 3rd to what i need. I just need to read the setting and nothing else
– user22341
2 hours ago
According to the HP CMI whitepaper, there may be a compatibility software layer that provides these WMI namespaces on otherwise unsupported systems: “The HP CMI Software Provider, available as a SoftPaq downloadable from HP.com, extends many of the capabilities of the HP Client Management Interface for legacy HP business computers.”
– Daniel B
2 hours ago
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gwmi -class hp_biossettinginterface -Namespace "roothpinstrumentedbios" , can you please try this?, found this is a forum for a G3, unfortunately I don't own any HP hardware to try.
– CraftyB
2 hours ago
After looking further for the model G6 I have found the following article community.spiceworks.com/topic/… with a response from HP stating "BCU is a command-line utility for controlling various BIOS settings on a supported HP notebook, desktop, or workstation system. It requires a BIOS that supports HP WMI Namespace within the BIOS.", Whilst your not trying to use the BCU application if the wmi namespace is unavailable due to not being supported you will not be able to read from it via any other software (powershell etc).
– CraftyB
2 hours ago
yeah i have figured that sadly. maybe there is a 3rd to what i need. I just need to read the setting and nothing else
– user22341
2 hours ago
According to the HP CMI whitepaper, there may be a compatibility software layer that provides these WMI namespaces on otherwise unsupported systems: “The HP CMI Software Provider, available as a SoftPaq downloadable from HP.com, extends many of the capabilities of the HP Client Management Interface for legacy HP business computers.”
– Daniel B
2 hours ago
gwmi -class hp_biossettinginterface -Namespace "roothpinstrumentedbios" , can you please try this?, found this is a forum for a G3, unfortunately I don't own any HP hardware to try.
– CraftyB
2 hours ago
gwmi -class hp_biossettinginterface -Namespace "roothpinstrumentedbios" , can you please try this?, found this is a forum for a G3, unfortunately I don't own any HP hardware to try.
– CraftyB
2 hours ago
After looking further for the model G6 I have found the following article community.spiceworks.com/topic/… with a response from HP stating "BCU is a command-line utility for controlling various BIOS settings on a supported HP notebook, desktop, or workstation system. It requires a BIOS that supports HP WMI Namespace within the BIOS.", Whilst your not trying to use the BCU application if the wmi namespace is unavailable due to not being supported you will not be able to read from it via any other software (powershell etc).
– CraftyB
2 hours ago
After looking further for the model G6 I have found the following article community.spiceworks.com/topic/… with a response from HP stating "BCU is a command-line utility for controlling various BIOS settings on a supported HP notebook, desktop, or workstation system. It requires a BIOS that supports HP WMI Namespace within the BIOS.", Whilst your not trying to use the BCU application if the wmi namespace is unavailable due to not being supported you will not be able to read from it via any other software (powershell etc).
– CraftyB
2 hours ago
yeah i have figured that sadly. maybe there is a 3rd to what i need. I just need to read the setting and nothing else
– user22341
2 hours ago
yeah i have figured that sadly. maybe there is a 3rd to what i need. I just need to read the setting and nothing else
– user22341
2 hours ago
According to the HP CMI whitepaper, there may be a compatibility software layer that provides these WMI namespaces on otherwise unsupported systems: “The HP CMI Software Provider, available as a SoftPaq downloadable from HP.com, extends many of the capabilities of the HP Client Management Interface for legacy HP business computers.”
– Daniel B
2 hours ago
According to the HP CMI whitepaper, there may be a compatibility software layer that provides these WMI namespaces on otherwise unsupported systems: “The HP CMI Software Provider, available as a SoftPaq downloadable from HP.com, extends many of the capabilities of the HP Client Management Interface for legacy HP business computers.”
– Daniel B
2 hours ago
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If you are happy to use a third party program you could try RWEverything.
answered 3 hours ago
lx07lx07
43128
Sadly this only gives information about the bios not the current setting
– user22341
2 hours ago
Look again at the picure above - it gives the current setting. Bit18 for example - 'Boot from PC Card' is set to "0" so it isn't allowed.
– lx07
2 hours ago
Alright, I admit that I missed that one. sorry for that. I'll do some test and see if this too can do what I need.
– user22341
1 hour ago
add a comment |
Below are three methods to find BIOS information from inside Windows.
BIOS via PowerShell
To use get all information related to the BIOS:
Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_BIOS
The above command will give a small subset of properties of the Win32_BIOS class.
To list all the properties use this:
Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_BIOS | Format-List *
Other classes are:
CIM_BIOSElement
CIM_BIOSFeature
CIM_BIOSFeaturedBIOSElements
CIM_BIOSLoadedlnNV
CIM_VideoBIOSElemnt
CIM_VideoBIOSFeatureVideoBIOSElements
Win32_SMBIOSMemory
Class Win32_SystemBIOS
BIOS via wmic
The command:
wmic bios list full
May give the following details:
BiosCharacteristics={7,8,11,12,15,16,19,26,27,28,29,32,33,39,40,41,42,43}
BuildNumber=
CodeSet=
CurrentLanguage=en-US
Description=Default System BIOS
IdentificationCode=
InstallableLanguages=14
InstallDate=
LanguageEdition=
ListOfLanguages={"en-US","da-DK","nl-NL","fi-FI","fr-FR","de-DE","it-IT","ja-JP","no-NO","pt-PT","es-ES","sv-SE","zh-CN","zh-TW"}
Manufacturer=Hewlett-Packard
Name=Default System BIOS
OtherTargetOS=
PrimaryBIOS=TRUE
ReleaseDate=20170714000000.000000+000
SerialNumber=2CE22901QJ
SMBIOSBIOSVersion=68IRR Ver. F.64
SMBIOSMajorVersion=2
SMBIOSMinorVersion=7
SMBIOSPresent=TRUE
SoftwareElementID=Default System BIOS
SoftwareElementState=3
Status=OK
TargetOperatingSystem=0
Version=HPQOEM – f
BIOS via the registry
The BIOS info is in the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEHARDWAREDESCRIPTIONSystemBIOS.
This might look like:
answered 2 hours ago
harrymcharrymc
256k14268568
This only gives information about the bios and whats supported not the current settings of the bios
– user22341
2 hours ago
It shows the same information as RWEverything, although based on what I see, just not in a verbose mode. For example, it displays the BIOS Characteristics values, but leaves it up to you to determine which Bits are set.
– Ramhound
16 mins ago
add a comment |
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If you are happy to use a third party program you could try RWEverything.
answered 3 hours ago
lx07lx07
43128
Sadly this only gives information about the bios not the current setting
– user22341
2 hours ago
Look again at the picure above - it gives the current setting. Bit18 for example - 'Boot from PC Card' is set to "0" so it isn't allowed.
– lx07
2 hours ago
Alright, I admit that I missed that one. sorry for that. I'll do some test and see if this too can do what I need.
– user22341
1 hour ago
add a comment |
If you are happy to use a third party program you could try RWEverything.
answered 3 hours ago
lx07lx07
43128
Sadly this only gives information about the bios not the current setting
– user22341
2 hours ago
Look again at the picure above - it gives the current setting. Bit18 for example - 'Boot from PC Card' is set to "0" so it isn't allowed.
– lx07
2 hours ago
Alright, I admit that I missed that one. sorry for that. I'll do some test and see if this too can do what I need.
– user22341
1 hour ago
add a comment |
If you are happy to use a third party program you could try RWEverything.
answered 3 hours ago
lx07lx07
43128
If you are happy to use a third party program you could try RWEverything.
answered 3 hours ago
lx07lx07
43128
answered 3 hours ago
lx07lx07
43128
answered 3 hours ago
lx07lx07
43128
answered 3 hours ago
lx07lx07
43128
43128
Sadly this only gives information about the bios not the current setting
– user22341
2 hours ago
Look again at the picure above - it gives the current setting. Bit18 for example - 'Boot from PC Card' is set to "0" so it isn't allowed.
– lx07
2 hours ago
Alright, I admit that I missed that one. sorry for that. I'll do some test and see if this too can do what I need.
– user22341
1 hour ago
add a comment |
Sadly this only gives information about the bios not the current setting
– user22341
2 hours ago
Look again at the picure above - it gives the current setting. Bit18 for example - 'Boot from PC Card' is set to "0" so it isn't allowed.
– lx07
2 hours ago
Alright, I admit that I missed that one. sorry for that. I'll do some test and see if this too can do what I need.
– user22341
1 hour ago
Sadly this only gives information about the bios not the current setting
– user22341
2 hours ago
Sadly this only gives information about the bios not the current setting
– user22341
2 hours ago
Look again at the picure above - it gives the current setting. Bit18 for example - 'Boot from PC Card' is set to "0" so it isn't allowed.
– lx07
2 hours ago
Look again at the picure above - it gives the current setting. Bit18 for example - 'Boot from PC Card' is set to "0" so it isn't allowed.
– lx07
2 hours ago
Alright, I admit that I missed that one. sorry for that. I'll do some test and see if this too can do what I need.
– user22341
1 hour ago
Alright, I admit that I missed that one. sorry for that. I'll do some test and see if this too can do what I need.
– user22341
1 hour ago
add a comment |
Below are three methods to find BIOS information from inside Windows.
BIOS via PowerShell
To use get all information related to the BIOS:
Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_BIOS
The above command will give a small subset of properties of the Win32_BIOS class.
To list all the properties use this:
Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_BIOS | Format-List *
Other classes are:
CIM_BIOSElement
CIM_BIOSFeature
CIM_BIOSFeaturedBIOSElements
CIM_BIOSLoadedlnNV
CIM_VideoBIOSElemnt
CIM_VideoBIOSFeatureVideoBIOSElements
Win32_SMBIOSMemory
Class Win32_SystemBIOS
BIOS via wmic
The command:
wmic bios list full
May give the following details:
BiosCharacteristics={7,8,11,12,15,16,19,26,27,28,29,32,33,39,40,41,42,43}
BuildNumber=
CodeSet=
CurrentLanguage=en-US
Description=Default System BIOS
IdentificationCode=
InstallableLanguages=14
InstallDate=
LanguageEdition=
ListOfLanguages={"en-US","da-DK","nl-NL","fi-FI","fr-FR","de-DE","it-IT","ja-JP","no-NO","pt-PT","es-ES","sv-SE","zh-CN","zh-TW"}
Manufacturer=Hewlett-Packard
Name=Default System BIOS
OtherTargetOS=
PrimaryBIOS=TRUE
ReleaseDate=20170714000000.000000+000
SerialNumber=2CE22901QJ
SMBIOSBIOSVersion=68IRR Ver. F.64
SMBIOSMajorVersion=2
SMBIOSMinorVersion=7
SMBIOSPresent=TRUE
SoftwareElementID=Default System BIOS
SoftwareElementState=3
Status=OK
TargetOperatingSystem=0
Version=HPQOEM – f
BIOS via the registry
The BIOS info is in the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEHARDWAREDESCRIPTIONSystemBIOS.
This might look like:
answered 2 hours ago
harrymcharrymc
256k14268568
This only gives information about the bios and whats supported not the current settings of the bios
– user22341
2 hours ago
It shows the same information as RWEverything, although based on what I see, just not in a verbose mode. For example, it displays the BIOS Characteristics values, but leaves it up to you to determine which Bits are set.
– Ramhound
16 mins ago
add a comment |
Below are three methods to find BIOS information from inside Windows.
BIOS via PowerShell
To use get all information related to the BIOS:
Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_BIOS
The above command will give a small subset of properties of the Win32_BIOS class.
To list all the properties use this:
Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_BIOS | Format-List *
Other classes are:
CIM_BIOSElement
CIM_BIOSFeature
CIM_BIOSFeaturedBIOSElements
CIM_BIOSLoadedlnNV
CIM_VideoBIOSElemnt
CIM_VideoBIOSFeatureVideoBIOSElements
Win32_SMBIOSMemory
Class Win32_SystemBIOS
BIOS via wmic
The command:
wmic bios list full
May give the following details:
BiosCharacteristics={7,8,11,12,15,16,19,26,27,28,29,32,33,39,40,41,42,43}
BuildNumber=
CodeSet=
CurrentLanguage=en-US
Description=Default System BIOS
IdentificationCode=
InstallableLanguages=14
InstallDate=
LanguageEdition=
ListOfLanguages={"en-US","da-DK","nl-NL","fi-FI","fr-FR","de-DE","it-IT","ja-JP","no-NO","pt-PT","es-ES","sv-SE","zh-CN","zh-TW"}
Manufacturer=Hewlett-Packard
Name=Default System BIOS
OtherTargetOS=
PrimaryBIOS=TRUE
ReleaseDate=20170714000000.000000+000
SerialNumber=2CE22901QJ
SMBIOSBIOSVersion=68IRR Ver. F.64
SMBIOSMajorVersion=2
SMBIOSMinorVersion=7
SMBIOSPresent=TRUE
SoftwareElementID=Default System BIOS
SoftwareElementState=3
Status=OK
TargetOperatingSystem=0
Version=HPQOEM – f
BIOS via the registry
The BIOS info is in the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEHARDWAREDESCRIPTIONSystemBIOS.
This might look like:
answered 2 hours ago
harrymcharrymc
256k14268568
This only gives information about the bios and whats supported not the current settings of the bios
– user22341
2 hours ago
It shows the same information as RWEverything, although based on what I see, just not in a verbose mode. For example, it displays the BIOS Characteristics values, but leaves it up to you to determine which Bits are set.
– Ramhound
16 mins ago
add a comment |
Below are three methods to find BIOS information from inside Windows.
BIOS via PowerShell
To use get all information related to the BIOS:
Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_BIOS
The above command will give a small subset of properties of the Win32_BIOS class.
To list all the properties use this:
Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_BIOS | Format-List *
Other classes are:
CIM_BIOSElement
CIM_BIOSFeature
CIM_BIOSFeaturedBIOSElements
CIM_BIOSLoadedlnNV
CIM_VideoBIOSElemnt
CIM_VideoBIOSFeatureVideoBIOSElements
Win32_SMBIOSMemory
Class Win32_SystemBIOS
BIOS via wmic
The command:
wmic bios list full
May give the following details:
BiosCharacteristics={7,8,11,12,15,16,19,26,27,28,29,32,33,39,40,41,42,43}
BuildNumber=
CodeSet=
CurrentLanguage=en-US
Description=Default System BIOS
IdentificationCode=
InstallableLanguages=14
InstallDate=
LanguageEdition=
ListOfLanguages={"en-US","da-DK","nl-NL","fi-FI","fr-FR","de-DE","it-IT","ja-JP","no-NO","pt-PT","es-ES","sv-SE","zh-CN","zh-TW"}
Manufacturer=Hewlett-Packard
Name=Default System BIOS
OtherTargetOS=
PrimaryBIOS=TRUE
ReleaseDate=20170714000000.000000+000
SerialNumber=2CE22901QJ
SMBIOSBIOSVersion=68IRR Ver. F.64
SMBIOSMajorVersion=2
SMBIOSMinorVersion=7
SMBIOSPresent=TRUE
SoftwareElementID=Default System BIOS
SoftwareElementState=3
Status=OK
TargetOperatingSystem=0
Version=HPQOEM – f
BIOS via the registry
The BIOS info is in the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEHARDWAREDESCRIPTIONSystemBIOS.
This might look like:
answered 2 hours ago
harrymcharrymc
256k14268568
Below are three methods to find BIOS information from inside Windows.
BIOS via PowerShell
To use get all information related to the BIOS:
Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_BIOS
The above command will give a small subset of properties of the Win32_BIOS class.
To list all the properties use this:
Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_BIOS | Format-List *
Other classes are:
CIM_BIOSElement
CIM_BIOSFeature
CIM_BIOSFeaturedBIOSElements
CIM_BIOSLoadedlnNV
CIM_VideoBIOSElemnt
CIM_VideoBIOSFeatureVideoBIOSElements
Win32_SMBIOSMemory
Class Win32_SystemBIOS
BIOS via wmic
The command:
wmic bios list full
May give the following details:
BiosCharacteristics={7,8,11,12,15,16,19,26,27,28,29,32,33,39,40,41,42,43}
BuildNumber=
CodeSet=
CurrentLanguage=en-US
Description=Default System BIOS
IdentificationCode=
InstallableLanguages=14
InstallDate=
LanguageEdition=
ListOfLanguages={"en-US","da-DK","nl-NL","fi-FI","fr-FR","de-DE","it-IT","ja-JP","no-NO","pt-PT","es-ES","sv-SE","zh-CN","zh-TW"}
Manufacturer=Hewlett-Packard
Name=Default System BIOS
OtherTargetOS=
PrimaryBIOS=TRUE
ReleaseDate=20170714000000.000000+000
SerialNumber=2CE22901QJ
SMBIOSBIOSVersion=68IRR Ver. F.64
SMBIOSMajorVersion=2
SMBIOSMinorVersion=7
SMBIOSPresent=TRUE
SoftwareElementID=Default System BIOS
SoftwareElementState=3
Status=OK
TargetOperatingSystem=0
Version=HPQOEM – f
BIOS via the registry
The BIOS info is in the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEHARDWAREDESCRIPTIONSystemBIOS.
This might look like:
answered 2 hours ago
harrymcharrymc
256k14268568
answered 2 hours ago
harrymcharrymc
256k14268568
answered 2 hours ago
harrymcharrymc
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answered 2 hours ago
harrymcharrymc
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This only gives information about the bios and whats supported not the current settings of the bios
– user22341
2 hours ago
It shows the same information as RWEverything, although based on what I see, just not in a verbose mode. For example, it displays the BIOS Characteristics values, but leaves it up to you to determine which Bits are set.
– Ramhound
16 mins ago
add a comment |
This only gives information about the bios and whats supported not the current settings of the bios
– user22341
2 hours ago
It shows the same information as RWEverything, although based on what I see, just not in a verbose mode. For example, it displays the BIOS Characteristics values, but leaves it up to you to determine which Bits are set.
– Ramhound
16 mins ago
This only gives information about the bios and whats supported not the current settings of the bios
– user22341
2 hours ago
This only gives information about the bios and whats supported not the current settings of the bios
– user22341
2 hours ago
It shows the same information as RWEverything, although based on what I see, just not in a verbose mode. For example, it displays the BIOS Characteristics values, but leaves it up to you to determine which Bits are set.
– Ramhound
16 mins ago
It shows the same information as RWEverything, although based on what I see, just not in a verbose mode. For example, it displays the BIOS Characteristics values, but leaves it up to you to determine which Bits are set.
– Ramhound
16 mins ago
add a comment |
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gwmi -class hp_biossettinginterface -Namespace "roothpinstrumentedbios" , can you please try this?, found this is a forum for a G3, unfortunately I don't own any HP hardware to try.
– CraftyB
2 hours ago
After looking further for the model G6 I have found the following article community.spiceworks.com/topic/… with a response from HP stating "BCU is a command-line utility for controlling various BIOS settings on a supported HP notebook, desktop, or workstation system. It requires a BIOS that supports HP WMI Namespace within the BIOS.", Whilst your not trying to use the BCU application if the wmi namespace is unavailable due to not being supported you will not be able to read from it via any other software (powershell etc).
– CraftyB
2 hours ago
yeah i have figured that sadly. maybe there is a 3rd to what i need. I just need to read the setting and nothing else
– user22341
2 hours ago
According to the HP CMI whitepaper, there may be a compatibility software layer that provides these WMI namespaces on otherwise unsupported systems: “The HP CMI Software Provider, available as a SoftPaq downloadable from HP.com, extends many of the capabilities of the HP Client Management Interface for legacy HP business computers.”
– Daniel B
2 hours ago