I think that what makes this tough to do, if I understand the
problem, is that, until a password is entered, the machine will
not boot from anything. That makes it difficult to load and run
password cracking software.
Len
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> David A. Mann
> Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 1:41 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: OT: P/W Reset
>
>
> Todd Stanley writes:
>
> > Some notebooks are pretty nasty about passwords, in
> the sense that it is
> > burned into the ROM and is not easily changed or
> bypassed. This is because
> > Laptops are a lot more likely to be stolen that the
> average desktop. Who
> > makes the computer? Who makes the BIOS?
>
> If that is the case, you can easily download BIOS
> password cracking
> programs from the internet. We used to use one of
> these as part of playing
> Quake at night in the computer rooms at university
> (we had to enable floppy-
> booting in the BIOS).
>
> Just use your favourite search engine...
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> - Dave
>
> David A. Mann, B.E. (Elec)
> http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/
>
> "Why is it that if an adult behaves like a child they
> lock him up,
> while children are allowed to run free on the
> streets?" -- Garfield
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