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Re: Laptop Password.


From: krimsonline () gmail com
Date: 29 Jun 2006 05:44:08 -0000

I don't know but may be this is of use ...

http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/CmosPwd

Works with the following BIOSes

    * ACER/IBM BIOS
    * AMI BIOS
    * AMI WinBIOS 2.5
    * Award 4.5x/4.6x/6.0
    * Compaq (1992)
    * Compaq (New version)
    * IBM (PS/2, Activa, Thinkpad)
    * Packard Bell
    * Phoenix 1.00.09.AC0 (1994), a486 1.03, 1.04, 1.10 A03, 4.05 rev 1.02.943, 4.06 rev 1.13.1107
    * Phoenix 4 release 6 (User)
    * Gateway Solo - Phoenix 4.0 release 6
    * Toshiba
    * Zenith AMI 

With CmosPwd, you can also backup, restore and erase/kill cmos.

AWARD 4.50 have a backdoor, a generic password : AWARD_SW SOYO motherboard have "SY_MB" as master password for Award 
4.51. CmosPwd give equivalent passwords for Award BIOS, not original one. For more information, 

regards

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