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Beginning in September 2019, the operating system deployment (OSD) and in-place upgrade processes for MiWorkspace and Platform as a Service Windows systems will set a BIOS password on select systems. BIOS passwords are now set as part of the OSD process because HP will no longer help us reset unknown BIOS Passwordsand in-place upgrade process. The MiWorkspace Windows Engineering team will be adding groups of models over time to receive BIOS passwords until all currently certified models are included.
Affected Models
BIOS passwords are set automatically during OSD and IPU for the following models:
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