A method for controlling at least one setting of a basic input output system (BIOS) of at least one automated transaction machine comprising: provisioning features of an active management technology system of a first computing device having one or more processors and associated with a first ATM, including: establishing an initial trust between the first computing device and a second computing device having one or more processors, the second computing device remote from the first computing device, said establishing occurring over a serial-over-lan connection, the SOL a feature of the active management technology system, configuring, with the second computing device over the SOL, the at least one setting of the BIOS of the first computing device, and disabling, with the second computing device, all features of the active management technology system except for the SOL such that an administrative account of the active management technology system is not used after said provisioning; storing, in a database accessible by the second computing device, a schedule for changing the at least one setting of the BIOS of the first computing device; and reconfiguring (48, 148), with the second computing device, the at least one setting of the BIOS of the first computing device in response to the schedule stored on the database, said reconfiguring (48, 148) over the SOL of the active management technology system. provisioning features of an active management technology system of a first computing device having one or more processors and associated with a first ATM, including: establishing an initial trust between the first computing device and a second computing device having one or more processors, the second computing device remote from the first computing device, said establishing occurring over a serial-over-lan connection, the SOL a feature of the active management technology system, configuring, with the second computing device over the SOL, the at least one setting of the BIOS of the first computing device, and disabling, with the second computing device, all features of the active management technology system except for the SOL such that an administrative account of the active management technology system is not used after said provisioning; establishing an initial trust between the first computing device and a second computing device having one or more processors, the second computing device remote from the first computing device, said establishing occurring over a serial-over-lan connection, the SOL a feature of the active management technology system, configuring, with the second computing device over the SOL, the at least one setting of the BIOS of the first computing device, and disabling, with the second computing device, all features of the active management technology system except for the SOL such that an administrative account of the active management technology system is not used after said provisioning; storing, in a database accessible by the second computing device, a schedule for changing the at least one setting of the BIOS of the first computing device; and reconfiguring (48, 148), with the second computing device, the at least one setting of the BIOS of the first computing device in response to the schedule stored on the database, said reconfiguring (48, 148) over the SOL of the active management technology system.