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I know you can remove the BIOS passwords by resetting the CMOS by taking out the battery and putting it back in again. Also I know about the BIOS jumper and it's basically done the same way CMOS.....I think. Well I have been reading other ways to remove the password. Command prompt being one and Software being the other. Question is, does anyone know any software I can use? Reason I am asking is because when I go out to fix someones computer and I need to access the BIOS they tend to have BIOS password and I ask them for it and most people don't know what a BIOS is. lol And the last thing I want to do is open up there computer. |
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I'm sure it's possible, but I can imagine it would be really complicated. I think anything done in windows to the bios is only for the current session and not really a fixed setting. I remember there was a virus that could erase the bios off a motherboard. But that was back in the 90s. |
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Architecturally, it may simply not be possible to access that part of the BIOS within the OS safely. I'd still recommend resetting it manually. If they don't know what a BIOS is, then they probably didn't set a password, or used a simple one and forgot about it. Try things like "password", "admin", and the like. It's also possible that the BIOS, like internet routers have a default user/admin password. Try Googling the model and name of the BIOS/motherboard along with "default password" |
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Providing a way to do this in software is a really bad idea; I hope manufacturers aren't providing this. Imagine the virii we'd see. |
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Which Computer? Is it a bios/cmos password? |
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Methinks you're trying to find more "hidden gems" in the world of BIOS. I would just give up. The easiest, most idiot-proof method is just resetting the CMOS via the battery, and putting it back in. Take 2 minutes to do that, and be back up and running... ...OR... Spend hours/days/nights/weeks on researching stuff that may OR may not work, trying ultimately to achieve EXACTLY the same thing mentioned above by taking the battery out? ...............? |
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Bios simply put is Basic Input output system. When you turn your computer on during the daytime or night. This gets loaded into the computer memory. Basically the CPU uses this to check things out on itself and gives the basic commands on access the basic functions of the motherboard itself. Removing the battery or using the jumpers are one way of clearing the CMOS on the motherboard. I've ben around since the early original XT computers were around. I haven't seen yet a way to bypass or reset the password on the bios level. Like to have it boot up or go into the bios if it has been set up in that manner. I know for sure when you need to flash the bios to the latest firmware from the motherboard manufacturer. Or from places like Dell or Toshiba if your using those kinds of computers for example. But not something like your mentioning that if you want to change the password within the BIOS itself when your already in windows, Mac or linux. |
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This is like the search for the fountain of youth. I've tried to search for it before for probably a year and a half but to no avail. There are several BIOS manufacturers and they do have different implementations. So to get an All-in-on swiss knife for bios passwords is probably next to impossible. :) |
