What is a MDM? Can it be wiped off, or is it ingrained in the motherboard?
What is a MDM? Can it be wiped off, or is it ingrained in the motherboard?
One of the used Thinkpad I was looking at has a MDM. Is it going to be an issue? If so, can I bypass it? I'm going to be using Linux anyway, so would it cause any issue?
MDM stands for mobile device management. It’s a corporate IT’s way of remotely managing the machine like locking it down from being used or allowing drastic changes to the OS. Depending on the one being used (like Intune from Microsoft), it could be tricky to get around it.
But with most, you can get around it by wiping the OS and starting fresh or getting a new hard drive (if possible).
They are generally dependent on the OS that was installed, but I’m sure one could exist on the hardware level that makes this difficult to bypass by just swapping the OS or hard drive.
It is a T14 Gen1. Any possibility that this is a hardware-only lock? Apparently, the sellers used Windows Audit mode to create a local user to bypass this screen.
It is more so dependent on the MDM that was used than the machine. Difficult to say without knowing which MDM it is and how it was configured to the computer.
I’d think you could just try to install Linux and if you have problems, then see what to do to bypass it depending on whatever issue it is.
The sellers, they don’t have access to remove the MDM? Was this a stolen device? Or did the company that manage this go out of business or something?
Mobile device management. Is this a work device?
Looks like it is one. I've been told that a local user account was created to bypass the login screen, but honestly, I'm going to wipe it with Linux anyway, so I wanted to make sure if this wasn't a hardware lock.
I would give it a swerve.
you are probably thinking of computrace, a rootkit installed by sysadmins that lives in the bios and can install backdoors, brick the computer, and create police reports. if it's an old thinkpad chances are the subscriptions are probably expired and it will automatically deactivate after about 15 minutes on wifi on windows.
after that, you should choose "permanantly deactivate" in the bios instead of just "inactive"