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Installing Panasonic Toughbook BIOS Updates in a Task Sequence

By | April 24, 2019
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First off, here are the silent arguments I’m passing to my BIOSXX.exe package: ‘UiMode=2 SetExitCode=1 NoShutdownInTool=1 RequiresACAndBattery=0 LogLevel=2 Log=C:\MININT\SMSOSD\OSDLOGS\BiosUpdate.log’ The important arguments are bolded. Getting these arguments together are the difficult part. Now for the easy part. 1\Create “Applications” for each BIOS update package. In my example, I wrapped the update in a PSADT (https://psappdeploytoolkit.com/)… Read More »

Check the Embedded Controller (EC) Firmware Version in Powershell

By | January 10, 2019
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Here is a snippet for checking the EC version.  It tosses a dialog with it’s result. Pre-reqs: 1\This snippet uses Powershell App Deploy Toolkit functions. https://psappdeploytoolkit.com/ 2\You’ll need to place the .mof and .dll files from our WMI BIOS util in the files folder. ftp://ftp.panasonic.com/computer/software/WMI_Release_V1.00L31.zip     ## <Perform Installation tasks here> Show-InstallationProgress -StatusMessage “Copying… Read More »