DFU Mode and iTunes does not Restore only Update

So we terminated one of our employees and he put a lock on the company issued phone.  I've put the phone in DFU Mode so I can just restore it through iTunes but iTunes keeps trying to Update before the restore then saying it cannot because the device is locked.  How do I get iTunes to ONLY do the restore and not the update? 

You mean a passcode lock?  Try recovery mode.
Have iTunes up and running on the computer.  Make sure it has the most recent update (11.0.4, I think)
Turn off the iPhone.  Connect the USB cable to the computer, but not the iPhone.
Press & hold down the Home button on the iPhone, then plug in the cable to the phone.  Wait until you see a picture that has the iTunes logo, an arrow, and a picture of the cable.  Then you can let go of the Home button.
iTunes should detect a device in recovery mode.  The rest is pretty straightforward, although this article shold help. http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1808
Be advised, everything on the phone will be wiped.  It will be like new, no user data.
There's no way to avoid putting the newest iOS on the device, though.  Not sure if that matters to you.

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