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Thanks for all the thinking and the great security tips, I am planning to do thatAccording to AI (which is unreliable), Huawei laptops don't have any kind of method of unlocking advanced bios, other than setting a supervisor password to unlock various things. Shut down, boot into bios with F2 key, go to "Security" tab, select "Set Supervisor password" (or set Administrator password), and hit enter. Create a memorable password (and write it down), press F10 to save changes. Restart and do F2 to go into bios again and enter the password if requested, go back to the Security or Boot tab. The hidden Secure Boot key Management, Custom mode, or restore factory keys options should be visible and selectable.
Maybe?Could be worth a try. I had to do that on a laptop once and it did unlock various things.
I'm also wondering if clearing the CMOS battery might reset the bios or bring up new options. It was something that was needed to clear bios passwords on older laptops - in those days you could use two points of a paperclip on a couple of contacts next to the cmos battery. Not sure how you'd do it now, other than maybe a hard reset.
There's also this for restoring default bios generally - but you probably already know this
Restoring the BIOS to its default settings on a HUAWEI computer | HUAWEI Support Global
Learn about 'Restoring the BIOS to its default settings on a HUAWEI computer'. Find all usage guide, troubleshooting tips and resources for your HUAWEI product.consumer.huawei.com
You could just turn secure boot off, use any highly rated antivirus program plus Malwarebytes Premium which detects rootkits and bootkits. Or just use Malwarebytes premium. And occasionally run the Kaspersky offline rescue disk (to check everything is clean - it detects rootkits or bootkits before windows loads). Once you have the Kaspersky rescue disk burned to usb it's fairly simple and quick to use on occasion - except it seems to need an ethernet connection to be able to update each time.
With sensible internet use and an adblocker you'd maybe never have an issue - and don't use usb sticks that have been in another machine. And maybe encrypt your drive and use strong WPA3 passwords on router. All of which are sensible anyway. I would think phishing emails would be a risk so care to avoid clicking on links in emails (sensible anyway) and some AV's actually protect from phishing emails now and alert you also.
And set a bios password.
I did alot even try flash the bios to an older version but thats blocked too, the battery could be a next step and I can also put in a bigger NVME drive at the same time when its open, I leave secure boot on, this is still working with the old 2011 certs, I also have a good virus scanner what can do a scan before Windows is loading.My Computer
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Windows 11 Pro 25H2 26200.7019Intel Core i7-8700KCorsair 32GB 4x DDR4-2998 / PC4-23900 DDR4 SD...AMD RX570
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