Company Locked Laptops

[brethin]

Re: Company Locked Laptops

I believe changing the windows hardware ID from the one linked to Autopilot will also solve your problem.

[MBAS111]

Re: Company Locked Laptops

Hi thanks all for your help I think the best option to go with was to install windows home instead which seems to work

[televizora]

Re: Company Locked Laptops

It's Windows Autopilot. The message says "Sign in with Microsoft - School or work account"
I've seen this before on several laptops. You can't bypass the screen, it demands it.
There is workaround - installing very old version of Windows10.
"It seems like" this "thing" writes something into the UEFI. Even complete wipe of the drive and new installation won't do any good. Even if the machine isn't connected to the internet. First it will demand internet connection to continue and wont allow you to create local account. When you connect it to the internet, it will demand you to enter your "work or school account" to continue, without an option to create new microsoft or local account.
I've tried modifying ei.cfg, using different edition, bypassing the screen using OOBE bypass and command prompt to create new account. One can truly call this thing "malware".
Even with enabled default administrator or creating local account or even linking another microsoft account, it continues to demand to enter the old "work or school account".
Unfortunately, there isn't really much information about this. And I am not so keen on dissecting and digging in the bios flash of laptop that isn't my own to analyse the problem.
Surely, rewriting the bios flash will get rid of it. But there is that little issue that most likely this won't be the only thing you will need to rewrite/modify. And information about this is relatively scarce.

[stj]

Re: Company Locked Laptops

when installing the option never pops up to install windows home

install Linux,
nobody actually wants win10 or win11 - even if many dont realise it yet.

[stj]

Re: Company Locked Laptops

Seems like Microsoft Autopilot

does this crap embed into the bios??
i'v not heard about it before.

[MBAS111]

Re: Company Locked Laptops

Easiest would be to install either Linux or Windows Home since Autopilot is a Windows Pro/Enterprise feature and Home/Linux will not check if autopilot is enabled.

There is a more advanced method aswell but since I haven't tried it myself, I won't even comment on that.

when installing the option never pops up to install windows home

[RethoricalCheese]

Re: Company Locked Laptops

Easiest would be to install either Linux or Windows Home since Autopilot is a Windows Pro/Enterprise feature and Home/Linux will not check if autopilot is enabled.

There is a more advanced method aswell but since I haven't tried it myself, I won't even comment on that.

[SMDFlea]

Re: Company Locked Laptops

I am considered a noob in this matter even if i did get a dump is there any instruction on what exactly I'm supposed to be looking at? and what I do when I find the problem?

There are a few threads, use the forum search: "Autopilot"

[SMDFlea]

Re: Company Locked Laptops

it doesnt sound like a lock - it sounds like a persistant app as a bios-extension.
similar to the computrace malware.

Seems like Microsoft Autopilot

[MBAS111]

Re: Company Locked Laptops

this is probably some "malware" installed in the EFI bios.
so you could try taking a full bios dump and looking at it in a bios editor like this:
https://github.com/LongSoft/UEFITool

I am considered a noob in this matter even if i did get a dump is there any instruction on what exactly I'm supposed to be looking at? and what I do when I find the problem?

[MBAS111]

Re: Company Locked Laptops

it doesnt sound like a lock - it sounds like a persistant app as a bios-extension.
similar to the computrace malware.

is there a way of removing it then? I find it difficult to believe that there is not topic on this issue

[MBAS111]

Re: Company Locked Laptops

Youve already posted a bios unlock request,more than once... https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?p=1201219 .If the Lenovo Autopatcher doesn`t work then the only option is unlocking via JTAG, and you`ll need a dedicated programmer to do that.

T14s forum search - https://www.badcaps.net/forum/search...rchid=32154929

P14s forum search - https://www.badcaps.net/forum/search...rchid=32154934

I/O Programmers:

Vertyanov SUCCESSOR
SVOD4
RT809H

Hi the bios request for a different laptop I have 3 the first with a bios password and the other two as explained have a block onto a company which i cannot over come my question is if I get a fresh Bios will this solve the Issue? also you said about if the Auto patcher does not work i need to use JTAG. On which chip? and is there a instruction on this topic?

[fxreen]

Re: Company Locked Laptops

it doesnt sound like a lock - it sounds like a persistant app as a bios-extension.
similar to the computrace malware.

Windows Autopilot
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/me...dows-autopilot

Is there a solution? Yes, we make all models here.

[stj]

Re: Company Locked Laptops

it doesnt sound like a lock - it sounds like a persistant app as a bios-extension.
similar to the computrace malware.

[SMDFlea]

Re: Company Locked Laptops

thinkpad P14S Gen 1 20S5-S25F00

thinkpad T14S Gen2 20WN-S00K00

Youve already posted a bios unlock request,more than once... https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?p=1201219 .If the Lenovo Autopatcher doesn`t work then the only option is unlocking via JTAG, and you`ll need a dedicated programmer to do that.

T14s forum search - https://www.badcaps.net/forum/search...rchid=32154929

P14s forum search - https://www.badcaps.net/forum/search...rchid=32154934

I/O Programmers:

Vertyanov SUCCESSOR
SVOD4
RT809H

[stj]

Re: Company Locked Laptops

this is probably some "malware" installed in the EFI bios.
so you could try taking a full bios dump and looking at it in a bios editor like this:
https://github.com/LongSoft/UEFITool

[MBAS111]

Re: Company Locked Laptops

What make and model ?

thinkpad P14S Gen 1 20S5-S25F00

thinkpad T14S Gen2 20WN-S00K00

[zomi]

Re: Company Locked Laptops

What make and model ?

[MBAS111]

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Contact the company who sold them to you and ask them to remove them from their device management system.

Hi these are sold in to second hand stores and are checked to see if they are stolen and are not so when purchased the system was working until was reset to sell onto a customer.

SO bottom line these are useless?

[TechGeek]

Re: Company Locked Laptops

Contact the company who sold them to you and ask them to remove them from their device management system.