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Unable to make vPro Powershell work

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At my company the Windows build team is required to disable some AMT settings such as IDER. Its my job to audit their work which can be tedious so I would like to write a Powershell script to do the work for me. I guess my first question is, do I need to use the vPro Powershell module or should I be trying to do this with some other cmdlet that is built-in to Powershell? So far I have taken the approach that the vPro Powershell module is the way to go but I am open to other suggestions.

Specs: Windows 7 Enterprise SP1

32bit

Powershell 2.0

Intel Management Engine BIOS Extension v6.0.3.0019 / Intel ME v6.0.40.1215

I am launching Powershell as an administrator locally on the machine that I want to access AMT settings.

Import-Module IntelvPro

Write-AmtCredential

( I'm not exactly sure what password to enter here. When I boot this HP EliteBook 8440p I have to press CTRL+P to get into MEBx/ME. At this point I am prompted for a password but not a username. I made the assumption that Write-AmtCredential wants this password [1]. And I think I read somewhere that a default username of 'admin' will be passed in automatically??)

$AmtPassword = Get-AmtCredential

Get-AMTFirmwareVersion -computername:laptop2 -credential $AmtPassword

 

Output:

ComputerName Property Value

--------------------- ----------- --------

blw7027 Error Cannot Connect

I have also tried

Get-AMTFirmwareVersion -computername:laptop2

without the credentials option to see if it would accept my administrator credentials. Have also tried using -computername with the FQDN.

[1] I verified that I am entering the correct password by booting the laptop and entering into MEBx/ME.

What am I missing?

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