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Im doing a checklist in my domain. I was wondering if there's a way to obtain the BIOS status of Computer, particularly BIOS Password status, I want to know if a Computer has BIOS password or not without shutting down.

jeansilva
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    This capability is going to be dependent on the type of motherboard. But if you have a common type of motherboard, WMI would be the way to go: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/880e5bc3-ba05-4522-ac17-fd999a26621a/querying-for-bios-password-with-wmi?forum=configmanagerosd – itsme86 Oct 31 '14 at 14:39
  • Yes, they are all DELL machines. the point is, I dont know what exactly is the attribute I need in WMI – jeansilva Oct 31 '14 at 16:25
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    you can read bios setting using using WMI in this article: http://www.codeproject.com/Questions/305227/how-to-get-bios-information-in-csharp-desktop-appl but I test it, doesn't contain bios password. – Mohamad Shiralizadeh Nov 02 '14 at 21:04

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for dell computers its possible to check if there is a password.

objInstance.Properties_.Item("Password").Value

have a look here and here

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