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****I do not suggest anyone does this, it doesn't require knowledge and its just stupid****
on my school's computers, and all computers, it is possible for anyone to go into the BIOS, set up passwords, and deny anyone without the passwords from using the computer.
Schools and others should be advised of this, since there is no way to hack the bios and get rid of the passwords (at least not that i know of),
schools should set the bios security themselves to protect from this.
To reset the BIOS / CMOS, there is usually a special jumper pin on the motherboard (on newer ones anyway.) On older motherboards, you need to remove the CMOS battery for a couple of seconds to clear it out. Also, I read somewhere on line (I've never tried it) that the DOS "debug" command could be used to clear the CMOS settings, but I don't remember exactly what the command was.
Happy Hacking
That is basic computer knowlege for the typical power user. My high school is the same way. Yes, there are ways to get past this. You have to open up the computer and either pop the CMOS reset jumper, or remove the CMOS battery for a couple minutes.
unfortunately, not everyone knows about this, including every authority in my school, i tried explaining reseting the bios/cmos to the teacher who runs the computer lab (after alot of their computers were attacked), and she just didn't understand, and has watched my every move since...
(cause i know more than her)
This happened once at my old school, I had to spend about an hour telling the teacher that she could use a boot disk and a dos program to kill the bios password. She freaked after finding out that a student knew more that she did. How come the people who run computer labs in schools are always dumb, ignorant, or just plain brain dead?
um...you cant use a boot disk to get past cmos poweron passwords....you have to use the jumper or pull out the cmos battery
check the antionline software downloads
eesy:
If the admins at your school are that stupid/incompetent, I wouldn't volunteer any info about ANYTHING. Your just gonna set yourself up for suspicion and an eventual fall. I've seen very similar things happen over and over......:(
see all you need is a good password cracker L0phcrack should do it. net bios is hackable very much so even a palm pilot can hack it with the correct tool.
I know how you feel. I'm in the same boat. My school took an English teacher, put her through a Novell course, and made her the network admin. She can't figure out why computers are dying either. It's just too bad my school can't afford get a real administator.Quote:
Originally posted by eesy
unfortunately, not everyone knows about this, including every authority in my school, i tried explaining reseting the bios/cmos to the teacher who runs the computer lab (after alot of their computers were attacked), and she just didn't understand, and has watched my every move since...
(cause i know more than her)
This all reminds me of a story I read somewhere. Two guys were looking at a bios on a school computer, when they got caught by a teacher.
"What are you doing??"
"Err, we finished our assignments, and are playing a game, called SimBios"
"Don't you know you aren't allowed to play games here? Uninstall it"
Then, there were some remarks about being so unfortunate to forget bringing screwdrivers to school...
And those people are supposed to learn kids to use computers...
LOL - Ghost - D00D. You should re-read the post. Its BIOS, not Netbios. Two hugely diffrent things. :p
"very old" AWARD bios can can accept its universal password "shift+s+x+y+z" .. while "old" AWARD bios can accept "589589". this works on some machines, others not. i personally tried those two on some machines. but i dont know the new universal passwords for bios nowadays. if you know some, please share.
this is the method if you cant open the box physically. :p
you guys rule, that was my first thread, and i was a bit nervous to post it, but all of you are just great (now who said all hackers were criminals, damn media)
thanks for participating in my thread,
SilverDragon, i agree with you idea on not giving up any information, i've seen it before too (many of my friends are not allowed on computers because they know too much)
thanks to all
Yepper's: Jumpers and CMOS battery. LOL. Not too long ago I change my passwords, but seeing how my keyboard has bad case of dyslexia I entered the same thing wrong twice. LOL
It cost me $40 to clear, I now know better, thanks to the great crew at Antionline. See newbie's section " A funny but true story":D
Spaz: Remember that most of these folks that you talk about did not grow up with a computer in the house. Heck, I remember the the telephone coming into the house, we did not even have a t.v yet. When your their age, the whiz kids will be laughing at you also. Being kind forward thinking I was the first of my friends to get the latest music source, the first Sony cd player. I was the "test pilot" as the saying goes. They listened and then they bought, ROFL. OH by the way 45 years behind me here. What where you doing when John F Kennedy was shot? The space shuttle exploded? See ya round.