Category Archives: Toughpad

How Can I Set The AssetTag in A Panasonic Toughbook or Toughpad’s BIOS using MDT 2013 or SCCM 2012?

By | November 22, 2014
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If you MUST input the ComputerName manually on a machine once, then store it in the BIOS, so the next time the unit is imaged, it can be pulled from the BIOS’s AssetTag value. The first step to this setup is telling MDT2013 to attempt to use the AssetTag for the ComputerName value.  This is… Read More »

Toughbook Model/Mark Breakdown UPDATED

By | April 7, 2014
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Latest revision of the Model/Mark Breakdown. Roughly every year each Toughbook model is either revved to the latest Intel Chipset, GPU, WWAN card, WLAN card, etc.  In most cases, these changes do NOT change the first 5 characters of the model number.  The forst 5, CF-19, CF-31, CF-53, normally do not change for up to… Read More »

Enabling TPM and Starting BitLocker on Toughbook Laptops and Tablets

By | March 29, 2014
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*Updated July 15, 2015* New method for enabling TPM is to enable it via WinPE before the OS is applied.  See video below.  And here is the script that was used. https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/780d167f-2d57-4eb7-bd18-84c5293d93e3 Breakdown of units that display prompt and units that do not. Display Prompts on enable: CF-H2A (Mk1) No Display of prompts: on enable:… Read More »

How to create Panasonic Driver Bundles from Scratch

By | March 4, 2014
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Here is a video I produced displaying the full process of building a driver bundle from scratch.  All needed files are provided via the video. How to create a Panasonic Driver Bundle from scratch. Files used in tutorial can be downloaded using the following link: http://goo.gl/AOPz66 /BG

How to set the 2D Barcode Emulator to “Always On” a FZ-G1 Toughpad via a script or batch

By | February 5, 2014
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By Default, the G1’s Barcode Emulator “Always On” setting is is set to disabled, this decision was made to save on battery power. When needed the user must turn it on, which in essence turning it on does so forever for the logged on user. If you are baking this utility into your CORE image,… Read More »