First post, by KT7AGuy
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I recently purchased a used HP EliteDesk 800 G1 USDT computer from a local health department.
https://support.hp.com/us-en/product/hp-elite … 5387483/manuals
https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfserv … slim-pc/5387483
I have undertaken the following steps:
BIOS/UEFI firmware updated to latest version.
Intel AMT/ME firmware updated to latest version.
Intel AMT/ME cleared, reset, and disabled via BIOS.
Hard drive removed and replaced with mSATA SSD.
There was no onboard WiFi, so I installed an Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 mini-PCIe card.
I made sure the new SSD is completely raw by running diskpart and using the CLEAN command, then converting it to GPT.
When installing Win10 Pro, as long as I don't connect an ethernet cable or establish a WiFi connection during setup, everything goes fine and completes normally.
If I connect an ethernet cable or WiFi before OOBE, the system gets reconfigured automatically during OOBE for signing-in at the health department that I acquired it from. Clearly, it is connecting to a server somewhere on the internet and pulling down this configuration from there.
Could there possibly be some configuration remaining in AMT/ME? Even though I cleared it? Even though I disabled it via BIOS?
Where could Win10 possibly be pulling automated configuration settings from, and how can I eliminate them? Considering that I've cleared, reset, and disabled the AMT/ME stuff, it's gotta be in the UEFI and stored in firmware somewhere... but where? ... and how do I get at it so I can kill it?
I've got almost three decades of experience as a computer dood, but this has me stumped. Can ya help a brutha out with some suggestions and ideas?
Thank you in advance for any and all replies.