Dell - Internal Use - Confidential For #1, use a space character in the GUI to clear the password. For #2, You have to install the HAPI driver to use the cmdline arguments.
Thanks, Warren From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nick Moseley Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 1:18 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [mssms] Dell CCTK 3.0.1 bug? I seem to have found a bug in Dell's newer BIOS configuration tools (DCC 3.0.x). This will prevent automating BIOS configurations (to enable/activate the TPM chip) with ConfigMgr. Has anyone experienced the following or know if it's by design?? More details: In order to enable/activate the TPM, a BIOS password must be set. Normally, we can set the password, enable TPM, then remove the password. However, the problem to remove the password is being seen as a two-fold problem. 1. The GUI wizard tool to create the configuration, does not allow for building the configuration if the value is left blank (meaning to clear the password). 2. The DCC toolset includes the set of files ("cctk") which can be used directly rather than the wizard. These files can be run with the proper command line parameters to accomplish the same goal. When running the commands manually, it succeeds. But running the commands via SCCM, it fails. If the problem is not by design, then it may mean a feature enhancement (in #1) or a bug fix (in #2). Otherwise, possible workarounds include: * Enable a BIOS password, and do not remove it o Pro - no additional work needed, plus it would help prevent users from disabling TPM and potentially corrupting their disk encryption and data loss o Con - IT needing to remember the BIOS setup password * Install the DCC toolset o Pro - would allow for registration of the proper DLLs (or whatever) that allows using the "cctk" directly o Con - it's an unnecessary administrative tool to be installed for the general user, or it will prolong the process to install the toolset, and then do a follow-up uninstall * Have a technician manually make the changes (not recommended) Nick | http://t3chn1ck.com
