This guide will run through how to remotely turn on and activate TPM in the BIOS on a Dell PC using the Dell Client Configuration ToolKit

Setup

First we need to install the Dell Client Configuration Toolkit (CCTK) on the target system.

To do this:

1. Log onto the target system via RDP
2. Grab the CCTK MSI file
3. Install the CCTK onto the target system

Making Configuration Changes

On the target system:

1. Log onto the target system via RDP
2. Open up a Command Prompt
3. Navigate to: C:\Program Files\Dell\CCTK
   1. If you’re running 32-bit OS, go into X86 folder
   2. If you’re running 64-bit OS go into X86_64 folder
   3. From here, run the relevant command…
   4. To enable and activate TPM on the target system:
      1. cctk --tpm=on
      2. cctk --tpmactivation=activate
   5. Reboot, and TPM will be enabled

Bootnote

This process was tested and confirmed working on a Dell Latitude E6410 running Windows 7 32-bit. Let us know in the comments if it works for you too! 🙂

More Resources

There’s a page from Dell which covers more background here: http://www.delltechcenter.com/page/Dell+Client+Configuration+Toolkit