Re: Vista password Forgotten
The bottom right seems to have a phoenix bios logo. Is this pre-OS? If you have a GUI based BIOS, they can look very similar to Windows.
Re: Vista password Forgotten
deffo a bios password.
found these backdoors
BIOS
CMOS
phoenix
PHOENIX
Re: Vista password Forgotten
Thanks guys, ok i,ll try these 'backdoors' first and see if i have any success.
Re: Vista password Forgotten
'Backdoors' did not work so had to pull the thing apart and disconnect the battery for 5 mins, found a bit of a mess once i got in. Off to re-assemble and hunt down some motherboard drivers, sound etc.
Re: Vista password Forgotten
Lucky a battery reset cleared it tbh, most nowadays do not reset that easy!
Re: Vista password Forgotten
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Originally Posted by
GoNz0
Lucky a battery reset cleared it tbh, most nowadays do not reset that easy!
Well, with business-grade laptops with TPM, clearing the battery can make things worse: for instance some Thinkpads if they have a BIOS user password set and you disconnect the CMOS battery you get a supervisor password. Happened to me once with a Thinkpad X41. Fun!