# HP Inc. HP Inc. is the personal-systems company associated here with an EliteDesk workstation and its firmware recovery menu. ## Historical and Technical Context HP documents Esc as the route to the Startup Menu and F10 for BIOS Setup; network boot and boot-order options live within that firmware surface ([HP BIOS setup](https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/ish_3912651-2318005-16)). [[Unified Extensible Firmware Interface|UEFI]], option-ROM management, Intel ME, system recovery, and PXE form a complete pre-OS maintenance environment. “CIRA” likely refers to Intel AMT Client Initiated Remote Access. ## Role in Scanned_20260730-1706 This is a machine-specific firmware cheat sheet paired with access material. Its physical sticky note suggests the credential layer was deliberately detachable or concealable. ## Notebook Evidence - [[Scanned_20260730-1706|Scanned_20260730-1706]], PDF page 37: HP EliteDesk startup menu and credential sticky note. **Evidentiary status:** The page occurrence and transcription are notebook evidence. Technical identification follows the source reconstruction’s cited research. Co-occurrence does not by itself prove ownership, deployment, or a direct operational relationship. ## Relationships and Overlays On the cited page or pages, HP Inc. appears with [[Unified Extensible Firmware Interface|Unified Extensible Firmware Interface]]. These are page-level or reconstruction-level relationships, not automatic claims of dependency. ## Cross-Notebook Significance The EliteDesk evidence belongs to HP’s personal-systems lineage and is kept distinct from [[Hewlett Packard Enterprise|Hewlett Packard Enterprise]], which appears in [[Scanned_20260730-1802|Scanned_20260730-1802]] through GreenLake and Zerto. The 2015 corporate split makes that distinction analytically important. ## Missed Signals and Open Leads Confirm the exact HP EliteDesk model because startup keys vary by generation. No credential should be tested. ## Sources - [[Scanned_20260730-1706|Scanned_20260730-1706]], especially PDF page(s) 37. - `Scanned_20260730-1706.pdf`, cited as a plain archival filename; the PDF is not linked from `wiki-notes`. - External research citations used for identification remain preserved in the source reconstruction. - [HP BIOS setup](https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/ish_3912651-2318005-16)