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What’s the point of a BIOS password?
I have realised that there is absolutely no point to having a password protecting your BIOS/UEFI menu!
Here are the reasons:
It is the easiest thing to “hack.”
Literally. Anyone can use a jumper and a ...
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Bricked 14" HP Pavilion X360m laptop - A cautionary tale of lost passwords
Best I can tell is I just bricked my laptop. A 14" HP Pavilion X360m Convertible (Model: 14m-cd0005dx). Any help at recovery would be GREATLY appreciated.
I lost my passwords several months ago ...
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How to reset UEFI administration password on HP ProBook 450 G1 notebook?
I have a used HP ProBook 450 G1 notebook.
I want to reset the UEFI, format the disk and reinstall Windows.
Unfortunately, I do not know the password for the UEFI administration account. Therefore I ...
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I forgot my laptop's bios/uefi password acer predator Helios 300 (Model::PH315-52)
I forgot my laptop's bios/uefi password acer predator Helios 300 (Model::PH315-52) can I reset it by force flashing the bios if I can then please someone tell me how to and if it's not possible then ...
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How to completely remove an unknown superuser password from UEFI (Acer Aspire Switch)
I have an Acer Aspir Switch 10 E or SW2-016 with Windows 10 and UEFI firmware (V1.15)
Apparently I once upon a time have set a Supervisor Password in the Security settings. Ofcourse I forgot it.
I ...
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Can the Clear Text of a UEFI Password be Obtained by an Attacker?
How feasible is it for an attacker with physical access to a Windows 10 machine to be able to extract the clear text of its UEFI 'system password'? (By which I mean the password requested by UEFI on ...
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How to remove UEFI supervisor password? Acer Aspire 771G
2 years ago I try to install a Linux distribution.
- To do so I need to disable the secure boot and set the supervisor password.
- My keyboard was giving me problems at that time and now i don't ...
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Reset supervisor password on Toshiba Portégé [duplicate]
I want some thing "software" that can help me to remove bios password on my **Toshiba Portégé Z30-A-12T.
I still remember the user password for bios but i can't remove it.
I hope to find a software ...
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Windows 8, UEFI, "Supervisor" (BIOS) password, linux?
I've got myself a new lenovo c540 PC and there are Windows 8 OS with UEFI option on and "Supervisor" password on, so it's like a loop, I can't load/install ubuntu from my USB (because BIOS is secured)....
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