Execute the configurator.exe file
Execute the configurator.exe file on the target system
The third and final step is to deploy the configurator.exe application you created in Create a configurator.exe file to the target computer.
Follow these steps to deploy the new boot configuration:
- Double-click configurator.exe.
- The application will check whether the configuration file can be decrypted using the administrator password of the installation on the target computer. If successful, the boot configuration data will be encrypted and stored on the hard disk of the target machine, and the boot manager functionality will be activated.
- Configurator.exe has no dialog window and does not run as a console application, but rather runs in hidden mode.
- To verify a successful deployment, you can refer to the FDE log file (C:\Notebook.log) for the following entries:
- The log entry below details the correct installation and activation of the boot manager:
“BMWRI: Writing of configfile successfully” 14:35:20, 15.08.2008 INFO BMCFG: execute configurator 14:35:20, 15.08.2008 INFO BMCFG: Activate Bootmanager 14:35:20, 15.08.2008 INFO BMCFG: Install BOOTMANAGER 14:35:20, 15.08.2008 INFO BMCFG: Config written successfully to NAC
- The following log entry appears when a false administrator password has been used to decrypt the configuration file:
14:51:43, 15.08.2008 INFO BMCFG: execute configurator 14:51:43, 15.08.2008 INFO BMCFG: Sanity is wrong, stored password doesn't match! 14:51:43, 15.08.2008 ERROR BMCFG: Password does not match
® If you checked the option Deactivate bootmanager in the previous step Create a configurator.exe file then this is an example log entry for the correct removal and deactivation of the boot manager:
16:48:38, 15.08.2008 INFO BMCFG: execute configurator 16:48:38, 15.08.2008 INFO BMCFG: Deactivate Bootmanager 16:48:38, 15.08.2008 INFO BMCFG: Uninstall BOOTMANAGER