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Hp 14-dk0xxx BIOS update, but just how?

Before I'd install Windows on the PC, I'd use that executable while booted from Windows on USB. This is faster and safer than making changes to the main drive. Use Win PE or WinRE. Not only can you &...
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Dell computers: will a Clean-Install affect the "BIOS Recovery Tool"?

The BIOS recovery from Harddrive is a method used by some vendors to recover from a corruption of the BIOS program itself. This utility has no relation to the operating system (Windows or other), nor ...
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Dell computers: will a Clean-Install affect the "BIOS Recovery Tool"?

It depends on how you perform the clean install. For a BIOS recovery from Harddrive to work, a partition is created with a system image inside it. The BIOS recovery from harddrive will use that ...
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Why is the UEFI admin password is asking this password at each reboot?

After engaging with Qotom support, they issued a new version of the BIOS/UEFI. The new one (dated Feb 2024) behaves correctly regarding the admin password: It is only asked when trying to enter set-up....
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How to read/write all BIOS settings from Linux CLI?

uefisettings can list, get, and (depending on your computer's security settings) set UEFI options. Run sudo uefisettings hii list-questions (add --json for programmatic usage) to get a (very long) ...
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