PowerBios is a free, community-developed Windows utility by Claude Boucher (SomeTools) that lets you read, modify, and export BIOS settings on Lenovo ThinkPad, ThinkCentre, and ThinkStation devices using the WMI interface — locally or remotely. It's not an official Lenovo product, but it's a genuinely useful tool for anyone who regularly works with Lenovo BIOS configuration.
Using the Think BIOS Config Tool V2 and the Lenovo.BIOS.Config PowerShell module to securely change the BIOS supervisor password via an Intune Win32 app.
Installing current drivers, BIOS, and firmware during a bare metal OSD with the Lenovo Client Update PowerShell Module (LCU)
Hardware Support Apps (HSAs) are a core part of the modern Windows driver model — UWP/MSIX apps published by OEMs or IHVs that extend a base driver, typically delivered via the Microsoft Store. Common examples include Intel Graphics Command Center, AMD Software, Realtek Audio Console, and Lenovo hardware control apps. They are a fundamental piece of the Declarative, Componentized, Hardware Support Apps (DCH) driver architecture introduced in Windows 10 1809.
Understanding how HSAs are designed to work — and where enterprise management intersects with that design — is critical to deploying and maintaining a clean, supportable Windows environment.