Read BIOS Password.

[Ravikant Ninave]

My friend forgot the password of his BIOS. I've to recover it using VB. Can
I??? I know we can remove it removing BIOS Battery. But I don't wish to
go by that way. Help me.

[Dean Earley]

You cant. That information is not normally exposed, let alone to a user. It is a **** of a lot easier just to reset the BIOS...

Switch off computer
Put the jumper on the header
Switch the computer on for a couple of seconds then off again
Remove the jumper
Switch computer on again

??????

--
Dean Earley (dean.earley@icode.co.uk)
Assistant Developer

iCode Systems
"Ravikant Ninave" <ravininave@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:3b9ccc2d$1@news.devx.com...
>
> My friend forgot the password of his BIOS. I've to recover it using VB. Can
> I??? I know we can remove it removing BIOS Battery. But I don't wish to
> go by that way. Help me.

[Dean Earley]

You cant. That information is not normally exposed, let alone to a user. It is a **** of a lot easier just to reset the BIOS...

Switch off computer
Put the jumper on the header
Switch the computer on for a couple of seconds then off again
Remove the jumper
Switch computer on again

??????

--
Dean Earley (dean.earley@icode.co.uk)
Assistant Developer

iCode Systems
"Ravikant Ninave" <ravininave@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:3b9ccc2d$1@news.devx.com...
>
> My friend forgot the password of his BIOS. I've to recover it using VB. Can
> I??? I know we can remove it removing BIOS Battery. But I don't wish to
> go by that way. Help me.

[Ravikant Ninave]

Why it's not possible. I've seen a same program in a CD. But right now I
don't have that CD. There should be some way. I think we can achieve this
using C. Is it. Help Me.
Ravikant.

"Dean Earley" <dean.earley@icode.co.uk> wrote:
>You cant. That information is not normally exposed, let alone to a user.
It is a ****
>of a lot easier just to reset the BIOS...
>
>Switch off computer
>Put the jumper on the header
>Switch the computer on for a couple of seconds then off again
>Remove the jumper
>Switch computer on again
>
>??????
>
>--
>Dean Earley (dean.earley@icode.co.uk)
>Assistant Developer
>
>iCode Systems
>"Ravikant Ninave" <ravininave@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:3b9ccc2d$1@news.devx.com...
>>
>> My friend forgot the password of his BIOS. I've to recover it using VB.
Can
>> I??? I know we can remove it removing BIOS Battery. But I don't wish
to
>> go by that way. Help me.
>
>

[Ravikant Ninave]

Why it's not possible. I've seen a same program in a CD. But right now I
don't have that CD. There should be some way. I think we can achieve this
using C. Is it. Help Me.
Ravikant.

"Dean Earley" <dean.earley@icode.co.uk> wrote:
>You cant. That information is not normally exposed, let alone to a user.
It is a ****
>of a lot easier just to reset the BIOS...
>
>Switch off computer
>Put the jumper on the header
>Switch the computer on for a couple of seconds then off again
>Remove the jumper
>Switch computer on again
>
>??????
>
>--
>Dean Earley (dean.earley@icode.co.uk)
>Assistant Developer
>
>iCode Systems
>"Ravikant Ninave" <ravininave@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:3b9ccc2d$1@news.devx.com...
>>
>> My friend forgot the password of his BIOS. I've to recover it using VB.
Can
>> I??? I know we can remove it removing BIOS Battery. But I don't wish
to
>> go by that way. Help me.
>
>

[Dean Earley]

It is possibly something very low level (Assembler) that would run under DOS (Win2K won't allow direct hardware access), and is
likely to be very BIOS specific.

--
Dean Earley (dean.earley@icode.co.uk)
Assistant Developer

iCode Systems
"Ravikant Ninave" <ravininave@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:3b9dc2c4$1@news.devx.com...
>
> Why it's not possible. I've seen a same program in a CD. But right now I
> don't have that CD. There should be some way. I think we can achieve this
> using C. Is it. Help Me.
> Ravikant.
>
> "Dean Earley" <dean.earley@icode.co.uk> wrote:
> >You cant. That information is not normally exposed, let alone to a user.
> It is a ****
> >of a lot easier just to reset the BIOS...
> >
> >Switch off computer
> >Put the jumper on the header
> >Switch the computer on for a couple of seconds then off again
> >Remove the jumper
> >Switch computer on again
> >
> >??????
> >
> >--
> >Dean Earley (dean.earley@icode.co.uk)
> >Assistant Developer
> >
> >iCode Systems
> >"Ravikant Ninave" <ravininave@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:3b9ccc2d$1@news.devx.com...
> >>
> >> My friend forgot the password of his BIOS. I've to recover it using VB.
> Can
> >> I??? I know we can remove it removing BIOS Battery. But I don't wish
> to
> >> go by that way. Help me.
> >
> >
>

[Dean Earley]

It is possibly something very low level (Assembler) that would run under DOS (Win2K won't allow direct hardware access), and is
likely to be very BIOS specific.

--
Dean Earley (dean.earley@icode.co.uk)
Assistant Developer

iCode Systems
"Ravikant Ninave" <ravininave@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:3b9dc2c4$1@news.devx.com...
>
> Why it's not possible. I've seen a same program in a CD. But right now I
> don't have that CD. There should be some way. I think we can achieve this
> using C. Is it. Help Me.
> Ravikant.
>
> "Dean Earley" <dean.earley@icode.co.uk> wrote:
> >You cant. That information is not normally exposed, let alone to a user.
> It is a ****
> >of a lot easier just to reset the BIOS...
> >
> >Switch off computer
> >Put the jumper on the header
> >Switch the computer on for a couple of seconds then off again
> >Remove the jumper
> >Switch computer on again
> >
> >??????
> >
> >--
> >Dean Earley (dean.earley@icode.co.uk)
> >Assistant Developer
> >
> >iCode Systems
> >"Ravikant Ninave" <ravininave@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:3b9ccc2d$1@news.devx.com...
> >>
> >> My friend forgot the password of his BIOS. I've to recover it using VB.
> Can
> >> I??? I know we can remove it removing BIOS Battery. But I don't wish
> to
> >> go by that way. Help me.
> >
> >
>

[James Abbott]

Just pull your BIOS battery, if your computer is new enough, all the
settings will configure itself and there will be no problem. Otherwise if
the comp is older, then you just have to adjust the settings a little bit,
most of the stuff is simple to work out, your hardrive information should be
written on the top of the harddrive.

James Abbott


Dean Earley <dean.earley@icode.co.uk> wrote in message
news:3b9dd0d4@news.devx.com...
> It is possibly something very low level (Assembler) that would run under
DOS (Win2K won't allow direct hardware access), and is
> likely to be very BIOS specific.
>
> --
> Dean Earley (dean.earley@icode.co.uk)
> Assistant Developer
>
> iCode Systems
> "Ravikant Ninave" <ravininave@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:3b9dc2c4$1@news.devx.com...
> >
> > Why it's not possible. I've seen a same program in a CD. But right now
I
> > don't have that CD. There should be some way. I think we can achieve
this
> > using C. Is it. Help Me.
> > Ravikant.
> >
> > "Dean Earley" <dean.earley@icode.co.uk> wrote:
> > >You cant. That information is not normally exposed, let alone to a
user.
> > It is a ****
> > >of a lot easier just to reset the BIOS...
> > >
> > >Switch off computer
> > >Put the jumper on the header
> > >Switch the computer on for a couple of seconds then off again
> > >Remove the jumper
> > >Switch computer on again
> > >
> > >??????
> > >
> > >--
> > >Dean Earley (dean.earley@icode.co.uk)
> > >Assistant Developer
> > >
> > >iCode Systems
> > >"Ravikant Ninave" <ravininave@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:3b9ccc2d$1@news.devx.com...
> > >>
> > >> My friend forgot the password of his BIOS. I've to recover it using
VB.
> > Can
> > >> I??? I know we can remove it removing BIOS Battery. But I don't wish
> > to
> > >> go by that way. Help me.
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>

[James Abbott]

Just pull your BIOS battery, if your computer is new enough, all the
settings will configure itself and there will be no problem. Otherwise if
the comp is older, then you just have to adjust the settings a little bit,
most of the stuff is simple to work out, your hardrive information should be
written on the top of the harddrive.

James Abbott


Dean Earley <dean.earley@icode.co.uk> wrote in message
news:3b9dd0d4@news.devx.com...
> It is possibly something very low level (Assembler) that would run under
DOS (Win2K won't allow direct hardware access), and is
> likely to be very BIOS specific.
>
> --
> Dean Earley (dean.earley@icode.co.uk)
> Assistant Developer
>
> iCode Systems
> "Ravikant Ninave" <ravininave@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:3b9dc2c4$1@news.devx.com...
> >
> > Why it's not possible. I've seen a same program in a CD. But right now
I
> > don't have that CD. There should be some way. I think we can achieve
this
> > using C. Is it. Help Me.
> > Ravikant.
> >
> > "Dean Earley" <dean.earley@icode.co.uk> wrote:
> > >You cant. That information is not normally exposed, let alone to a
user.
> > It is a ****
> > >of a lot easier just to reset the BIOS...
> > >
> > >Switch off computer
> > >Put the jumper on the header
> > >Switch the computer on for a couple of seconds then off again
> > >Remove the jumper
> > >Switch computer on again
> > >
> > >??????
> > >
> > >--
> > >Dean Earley (dean.earley@icode.co.uk)
> > >Assistant Developer
> > >
> > >iCode Systems
> > >"Ravikant Ninave" <ravininave@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:3b9ccc2d$1@news.devx.com...
> > >>
> > >> My friend forgot the password of his BIOS. I've to recover it using
VB.
> > Can
> > >> I??? I know we can remove it removing BIOS Battery. But I don't wish
> > to
> > >> go by that way. Help me.
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>