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Troubleshooting scenarios for Dell Command |
PowerShell Provider 2.3
DellBIOSProvider cannot be loaded because
running script is disabled on this system.
By default, Windows PowerShell has its ExecutionPolicy set to Restricted. To run the Dell Command | PowerShell Provider cmdlets and
functions, PowerShell execution policy must be changed to RemoteSigned at a minimum. To apply the ExecutionPolicy, run the Windows
PowerShell with Administrator privileges, and run the following command within the PowerShell console: Set-ExecutionPolicy
RemoteSigned –force.
Unable to import DellBIOSProvider module.
• Verify if the downloaded package is saved along the PowerShell default module path that PowerShell supports.
• Verify if supported architecture that is X86/X64 is being used.
• Verify if Microsoft Visual C++ redistributable 2010 and 2015 is installed on the system.
Set-Item cmdlets displays an error.
• Verify if the attribute is read-only.
• Verify if that particular attribute has any limitation or dependency in setting the value. For example, you cannot set
PeakShiftDayConfiguration StartTime greater than EndTime or ChargeStartTime.
System password not accepted.
Verify if both Admin and System passwords are set. If yes, provide Administrator password to validate.
Unable to see current value for some custom BIOS
attributes.
Some custom BIOS attributes such as PeakShiftDayConfiguration have many values or parameters. To view the entire current value, use
the following command:
Get-Item PeakShiftDayConfiguration | select -ExpandProperty Currentvalue
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