[RESOLVED] admin. password

[doormond]

Is there a way to reset the admin. password on an IBM thinkpad 760-l other than changing out the mother board???
flash bios and draing the cmos does'nt help.

[Starion]

Try this:

MOV AL,adr
OUT 70H,AL
NOP
MOV AL,0
OUT 71H,AL

for "adr" in range 78H - 7FH. On this adress is stored the password. Or try clear all CMOS data by range 00H - 7FH.

[Web Master]

Ok, I'll try that

[x_789]

Here is a link to crack a bios password and some other options USE WITH CAUTION not for the faint hearted i had to replace a board after using one of these utils once due to i could never get bios loaded on it again. X
http://www.matrix-bios.nl/frames.html

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No really That paper thingy you took out of the box with all the words on it was not packing material its called a "MANUAL"

[3fingersalute]

http://www.nortek.on.ca/nortek/hdd_pw.html



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Make something idiot proof, and they will invent a better idiot!

[TechieChick]

I have a utility that you run from a DOS bot disk that will return the BIOS to it's original state... KillCMOS. Email me and I'll send it to you.

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TechieChick
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Byte Me!

[arcade]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by techiechick:
I have a utility that you run from a DOS bot disk that will return the BIOS to it's original state... KillCMOS. Email me and I'll send it to you.

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did you know mcafee picks up killcmos as containing a virus?

[kannibul]

it *is* a virus, it has all the requirements
it destrys one bit in cmos to reset it to defaults.
guess it is a good virus...

[Antimatter]

There is also a utility called ctbios that gives you access to bios passwords. I'm not sure if it works with the thinkpad though.