BIOS Settings unavailable to modify in Administrator Account

BIOS Settings unavailable to modify in Administrator Account.
When the user enters the BIOS as an administrator, he will not be able to make any changes in the BIOS but the Guest account will let him make all the changes.
Scenario:
If you enter the BIOS as Guest
You will be able to access all the BIOS Options.
If you enter as the Administrator using the HP client security credentials or windows credentials.
The PC will not allow you to change any BIOS settings.
Solution:
Enter the BIOS as a Guest and setup a BIOS Administrator Password.
Go to Security>”Setup BIOS Administrator Password”. The password needs to be 8 characters long.
After the Password is set, you will have to save changes and exit.
The PC will now restart. You can press F10 to enter BIOS again and will see the new BIOS login page.
Select BIOS Administrator account highlighted in Blue.
Enter the BIOS Administrator Password to access BIOS settings.
You will now be able to View and Make changes in the BIOS
Reason:
HP client security adds an extension to the UEFI BIOS and enables BIOS protection.
If the user has not set a BIOS password, the Client security creadentials will treat the Windows user account as a Guest account but since the account is already assigned to a user, it will be listed as an Administrator account rather than a User account.
The actual open account will then be treated as an Admin account but is listed as a Guest Account.
Once the user installs a BIOS Administrator Password, the Client security program will know which account to be considered as an Admin account.
In the Image below, we have
BIOS Administrator Account: modifiable
Windows User account: Restricted
Guest Account:View Only
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<Name>TempAccount</Name>
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<Username>Administrator</Username>
<Domain></Domain>
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<Value>UABhAHMAcwB3AG8AcgBkAA==</Value>
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<RefreshRate>60</RefreshRate>
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<Description>Lite Touch new OS</Description>
<Order>1</Order>
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<SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
<CommandLine>cscript.exe D:\MININT\Scripts\LiteTouch.wsf /start</CommandLine>
<Description>Lite Touch new OS</Description>
<Order>2</Order>
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<SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
<CommandLine>cscript.exe E:\MININT\Scripts\LiteTouch.wsf /start</CommandLine>
<Description>Lite Touch new OS</Description>
<Order>3</Order>
</SynchronousCommand>
<SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
<CommandLine>cscript.exe F:\MININT\Scripts\LiteTouch.wsf /start</CommandLine>
<Description>Lite Touch new OS</Description>
<Order>4</Order>
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<OOBE>
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<RegisteredOwner>Windows User</RegisteredOwner>
<TimeZone></TimeZone>
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<component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
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<SystemLocale>en-US</SystemLocale>
<UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
<UserLocale>en-US</UserLocale>
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<settings pass="offlineServicing">
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-PnpCustomizationsNonWinPE" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
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I am thinking from what I read in the article that I should probably delete the three "standard" accounts so I am left with the "Administrator" and "Guest" accounts. And then when my computer turns on, it will use my "Guest" account. Would you agree? Right now when I want to get back in after my computer went to sleep, I have to enter my password. Would this not be required if I am in the "Guest" acccount?
Two questions:
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(2) How and when will I use the two accounts that are left when the computer turns on?

1. You can delete the Test1 and Test2 accounts if you log into your Administrator Account. Once in your Admin Account, open System Preferences > Users & Groups and you will see and be able to delete the Test1 & Test2 accounts.
2. Leave your Guest account for, well, guest users. Do not use it in the normal course of events. When you log out of the Guest account, all the settings, caches, etc. are wiped, as are all files and folders that you may have saved in the Guest account home folder. The Guest account is truly designed only for temporary, guest use.
3. Leave your Administrator account for use only for installing programs, doing system administration, managing accounts, etc.
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5. You can turn off the need to enter a password when your computer sleeps in System Preferences > Security & Privacy > General. UNcheck the option called "Require password for sleep and screen saver."

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A friend was playing around with the user settings on my macbook pro and somehow managed to remove the administrator account. There is currently only one user set up on the computer and it is 'standard'. Therefore, no updates or changes to settings of any kind can be made on my computer because there is no administrator to authenticate them! Does anyone have any idea how to fix this? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks

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I am working for Ericsson. Recently during a upgrade for a customer, we migrated from SAP BO XI 3 to BI 4 Platform. Everything is running fine, but the Administrator account keeps getting disabled from time to time. They need to login from any other account with Administrator rights to enable the Administrator account to resume operations. What can be done for this problem?

Hi,
Try to check if the administrators group have already enough rights.
Also verify if one of the admin users is modifying the rights for the administrator.
Best regards,
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