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2024

Introducing: SU Helper Utility

SUHelper

The SU Helper Utility provides a command-line interface for triggering the System Update process of Commercial Vantage. This seperate utility is not included with Commercial Vantage and must also be deployed to clients where it is needed. Let's see some of the things we can do with this utility.

Changing the BIOS Supervisor Password with Intune and the Think BIOS Config Tool

For security purposes, there may be a requirement to change the supervisor password for BIOS access. There are a few ways to accomplish this, either programmatically using a couple lines of code or with the Think BIOS Config Tool. The former would be easiest but does pose quite the risk by exposing your supervisor password in plain text, which is a big no-no. So instead, we're going to use the Think BIOS Config Tool and an encrypted password file to tackle this scenario, which has become quite common these days it seems.

Introducing: Lenovo Device Management Module

LDMM Toolbox

The Lenovo Device Management Module is a PowerShell module that provides several useful cmdlets for making it easier to manage Lenovo commercial PCs. The module supports Lenovo's commercial portfolio of ThinkPad, ThinkCentre and ThinkStation products.