[Gllug] Windows XP 64 bit password reset from Ubuntu - where is

Christopher Hunter cehunter at gb-x.org
Tue Nov 10 01:07:22 UTC 2009


On Mon, 2009-11-09 at 23:49 +0100, Chris Bell wrote:
> On Mon 09 Nov, Benjamin Donnachie wrote:
> > 
> > 2009/11/9 Chris Bell <chrisbell at 3966.ukfsn.org>:
> > >   I have also been asked by friends doing laptop repairs whether there is
> > > any way of getting past a BIOS password.
> > 
> > Depends upon the make and model...
> > 
> > Ben
> 
>    Exactly what I expected, but they advertise that they repair any laptop
> (and also work on a few standard boxes), so expect to meet almost anything,
> and customers always think that their job is urgent.

In a lot of instances, removing the CMOS battery for a while ill reset
the BIOS password.

C.


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