HP Password Encryption Utility Client Usage Guide

HPQPswd is a utility for saving a BIOS Setup Password to an encrypted file. 
This file can be provided to HP BIOS update utilities for automated scripting, 
to avoid user prompting.

Command Line Switches

Command	        Result

-p"password"  BIOS Setup Password to encrypt. Quotes are optional.
-f"filename"  File pathname to create. Quotes are optional.
-s            Silent mode. Requires p and f options.
-?            Show usage.

Requirements:

- AES 256 encryption is used.
- User interface prompts for password, verification, and destination file.
- Browse supported for file location.
- Command line options are provided to support automated silent mode execution.
- No dependencies on other software.
- Support password max length of 32 Unicode characters.


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