'==========================================================================
' AUTHOR: Nick Moseley , http://t3chn1ck.wordpress.com
' DATE  : 5/29/2009
' COMMENT: This script is for disabling the Fingerprint Device in BIOS
' It has been tested on HP models - 6515b, 6535b, 2510p - but may
' function for other models
'==========================================================================
Option Explicit
Const ForAppending = 8
Const wbemFlagReturnImmediately = 16
Const wbemFlagForwardOnly = 32
Dim oFSO, oFile, oWMI_BIOSSettingInterface, oItem, colItems, lFlags, iReturnValue

 

 

' Query WMI
lFlags = wbemFlagReturnImmediately + wbemFlagForwardOnly
Set oWMI_BIOSSettingInterface = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationlevel=impersonate}//./root/HP/InstrumentedBIOS")
Set colItems = oWMI_BIOSSettingInterface.ExecQuery("select * from HP_BIOSSettingInterface",,lFlags)

 

' Configure Fingerprint Device to be disabled
For Each oItem In colItems 
  oItem.SetBIOSSetting iReturnValue, "Fingerprint Device", "Disable"
Next

 

' If change was successful (exit code 0) then log
If iReturnValue = 0 Then
 WScript.Echo "Completed with: " & iReturnValue
 oFile.WriteLine "Disabled Fingerprint Device in BIOS (" & Date & " " & Time & ")"
Else
 oFile.WriteLine("FAILURE: Could not disable Fingerprint Device, option not found in BIOS (" & Date & " " & Time & ")")
End If

 

oFile.Close
WScript.Quit ()

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