Topic: What if you forget your PC laptop's power-on password?

Anonymous 0665450451407226d5ba85ced254da81 started this discussion 3 months (2008-07-03 10:46:04 UTC) ago:

What do you do if you ever forget the power-on password to your ordinary PC laptop? With a normal, stationary box, you can just relatively easily open it up and remove and put back the CMOS battery to reset the BIOS settings…

With a laptop, you're basically screwed?

Anonymous fa1fbd30382f2ed34331ebf964b4215d replied with this 3 months (2008-07-03 10:57:49 UTC) ago, 12 minutes later (#30,243):

Just hack it and bypass the password and then reset password. Easier done than said - yes. Easy.

Anonymous 0665450451407226d5ba85ced254da81 (OP) replied with this 3 months (2008-07-03 11:08:11 UTC) ago, 10 minutes later (#30,245):

@30,243

What the fuck are you driveling about?

Anonymous 5606cc4c697cd3acf6940f1e5f29a1a0 replied with this 3 months (2008-07-03 11:09:38 UTC) ago, 1 minute later (#30,246):

You can't hack it if can't execute any programs… you could manually 'hack' it, of course, by manually inputting every word in the dictionary, etc.

Anonymous 5cad733ec8429cbb5acd18ac9030d143 replied with this 3 months (2008-07-03 11:26:42 UTC) ago, 17 minutes later (#30,247):

I don't know shit about PCs, but if you're running XP, try searching YouTube for Windows XP Password or something along those lines. Should be as simple rebooting with a disc and resetting the password.

Anonymous 0665450451407226d5ba85ced254da81 (OP) replied with this 3 months (2008-07-03 11:36:36 UTC) ago, 10 minutes later (#30,248):

@30,247

> I don't know shit about PCs

Obviously not, considering what you just said…

Anonymous ce98f178af4002f59d81232d2513a11c replied with this 3 months (2008-07-03 14:13:52 UTC) ago, 3 hours later (#30,255):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cain_(software)

Anonymous ce98f178af4002f59d81232d2513a11c replied with this 3 months (2008-07-03 14:15:56 UTC) ago, 2 minutes later (#30,256):

@30,255

(Me) nvm. Forgot to read the thread properly. Sorry D:

Anonymous 0665450451407226d5ba85ced254da81 (OP) replied with this 3 months (2008-07-03 15:36:34 UTC) ago, 1 hour later (#30,264):

@30,256

Fucking idiot. Never post here again. Ever. Fucking retards all over, destroying the Internet that once had fantastic potential…

Anonymous 740ecb190971ddeca3d88130b1645f1b replied with this 3 months (2008-07-03 16:01:10 UTC) ago, 25 minutes later (#30,265):

i suppose it depends if you partitioned the hard disk?

i always do that. windows on c: and everything else on d:

but i'm sure you set an overall admin password when you install xp originally so if you don't set a password for that you're laughing. just don't ask for specifics on how to access the admin. maybe start in safe mode?

Anonymous 9f84583069418b0c9254884ddc73bbc8 replied with this 3 months (2008-07-03 16:03:25 UTC) ago, 2 minutes later (#30,267):

Get a new hard drive.

Anonymous 0665450451407226d5ba85ced254da81 (OP) replied with this 3 months (2008-07-03 16:19:35 UTC) ago, 16 minutes later (#30,271):

You idiots. The HDD has nothing to do with this…

Anonymous 740ecb190971ddeca3d88130b1645f1b replied with this 3 months (2008-07-03 16:26:35 UTC) ago, 7 minutes later (#30,273):

the only password i have is the one when windows prompts me. if you get asked for a password for even switching it on then you can fuck right off. you're wasting your fucking time

Anonymous 950479e8effaa319e6bbb83ca76f67ce replied with this 3 months (2008-07-03 20:31:13 UTC) ago, 4 hours later (#30,288):

I don't know if it really works, but you could try using a password cracker LiveCD, like Ophcrack (http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/).

Anonymous 0665450451407226d5ba85ced254da81 (OP) replied with this 3 months (2008-07-03 20:43:36 UTC) ago, 12 minutes later (#30,290):

@30,288

> Ophcrack is a free Windows password cracker

Sigh. This has nothing to do with Windows and it happens BEFORE any CD is read anyway.

Anonymous 91f36c992862bc83127aeb710d3ec384 replied with this 3 months (2008-07-03 21:08:54 UTC) ago, 25 minutes later (#30,291):

You are all fucking morons. He's talking about a password directly inputted into the BIOS. As in, the first thing you're prompted for when you start up the computer. No operating systems. No shitty freeware brute forcing programs. No nothing. And no, it's not stupid considering that the passwords to accounts on any operating system are pretty easily cracked.

Anonymous 5d611bf9a079019d6843bb844491a48f replied with this 3 months (2008-07-03 23:55:19 UTC) ago, 3 hours later (#30,319):

Just fucking cross the jumper on the mainboard you dumb fucking nigger

Anonymous 0665450451407226d5ba85ced254da81 (OP) replied with this 3 months (2008-07-03 23:56:19 UTC) ago, 1 minute later (#30,320):

@30,319

Yet another illiterate retard, most likely from you-know-where…

Anonymous d9798bfe4f3a784dfc8aff4f754dd665 replied with this 3 months (2008-07-04 00:07:33 UTC) ago, 11 minutes later (#30,322):

Some laptops will lose their CMOS settings if you remove the main battery. Yet others have a CMOS clear switch or jumper hidden somewhere — check your manual. Failing that, you can usually take the laptop apart and disconnect the CMOS battery with relative ease. If you don't want to take it apart (e.g. still under warranty) your only recourse most likely is to send it back to the manufacturer.

Anonymous 0665450451407226d5ba85ced254da81 (OP) replied with this 3 months (2008-07-04 00:22:28 UTC) ago, 15 minutes later (#30,324):

@30,322

> Some laptops will lose their CMOS settings if you remove the main battery.

… that's unbelievably stupid and insecure. Really?

Anonymous b39706423cc48a30d0f5d73a6fbc4a87 replied with this 3 months (2008-07-04 00:26:41 UTC) ago, 4 minutes later (#30,325):

@30,324

Yes. You shouldn't be relying on it.

Anonymous 6f8cfb58564d3b9eb878a0f642448c69 replied with this 3 months (2008-07-04 03:27:50 UTC) ago, 3 hours later (#30,362):

you are all retarded.

whoever makes your laptop, call them. they can remove the bios password.

i know this because i sent my hp laptop into repair once and when it came back the bios password was gone. all they do is unscrew the back panels and trip a circuit. just search online

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Topic: What if you forget your PC laptop's power-on password?