A method for controlling at least one setting of a basic input output system (BIOS) of at least one automated transaction machine (ATM) 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 (SOL) 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 , 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 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 (SOL) 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 (SOL) 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 , 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 over the SOL of the active management technology system . <EOS>