Bug Report for BIOS installer

Framework Laptop 13
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Simply put: In Windows 11, WMIC is deprecated & disabled by default, and will be removed in a future update/version. The BIOS installer uses WMIC for step 18, which will always fail:

echo (18 of 18) Enable WiFi SAR BIOS setting for optimal performance
wmic /namespace:\\root\wmi path WmiWiFiModeNotify where active=true call NotifyWiFiModeStatus 1,1 >>"%TEMP%\frameworkinstall.txt" 2>&1

Currently, you can just install WMIC from the “Optional Features” page in Settings, but that option may be removed in the future.

Also, as a general PSA: as who knows how much longer Microsoft is willing to support older stuff now, it would be better to write the installer script in PowerShell, which also has the WMIC replacement. I would be willing to write the script, as I’m rather familiar with PowerShell 5.1 (The one that comes installed by default in Windows).

P.S.: Wasn’t sure where to submit a bug report, and thought here would be more appropriate than the GitHub here. Sorry in advance.

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:raised_hands: Powershell :raised_hands:
I always wondered why they even started with a batch-file.
I mean … Powershell was already a thing when the first Framework laptop was released …

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I’d suggest here:

Better chance it gets seen and passed to the right people posted as an issue in that issue tracker. While some Framework staff does post on the forum here, it’s primarily a community forum.

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Ah, thank you. I was looking through their GitHub, but it seems I didn’t look hard enough.

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