Lenovo T490s bios password request.

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AA553F -enabled
AA553C -disabled
remove CMOS battery, that's why you weren't able to disable Absolute from bios setup. At 1st boot enter bios setup Security-Absolute (somemtime Computrace) and permanently disable it.

Thanks Volinakis, I will follow your recommendations. I'm sure it will work like the last one.

This was where I am puzzled as I looked at the original BIOS file through HxD and what I though was the enable and disable for AbtState, but it already has AA553C instead of AA5533F. I thought this was for another option that was mixed in. Under UEFItools it showed it as it should so this is why I was getting a headache.

Alright, after examining your screenshot, I gave HxD a shot again. With the search I should have used the "search all" feature which gave me 4 results. One of them had the AA5533F. This was probably one I should have tended to when I attempted to do the fix myself. Like they say, it's hard to teach an old dog new tricks.

Thanks again!