How To Reset, Remove, Clear or Reveal CMOS BIOS Security Password
There are times that we need to reset the computer’s BIOS security password. Yesterday I was at the local government technical school facility and the person who is in charge of the computer told me that they are not able to reinstall Windows because they are not able to get in the BIOS to set the boot order as it is password protected. The lecturers do not know the password as it is not set by them, but by some unknown student.
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6.7.2008 AMI Bios Tool by Gkend
Thanks to Steve Jobs for this article on his blog. Steve Jobs wrote: That’s another great tool by Gkend, created to easily add a SLIC table to an existing AMI Bios.
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25.5.2007 Vista Loader 2.2.0 OEM BIOS Crack Emulator
This is New version of Vista Loader 2.2.0 from Chinese hackers. With this you can force a bios emulation and let Vista think it's installed on a OEM machine.
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20.5.2007 Microsoft Confirms Windows Vista OEM BIOS Crack
Microsoft confirmed the fact that hackers have developed a valid Windows Vista crack designed to exploit the operating system's OEM BIOS activation.
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11.4.2007 Vista, IE7 Clear of US Antitrust Concerns
The Justice Department will not be going after Microsoft for any antitrust concerns with Windows Vista or Internet Explorer 7.
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22.11.2006 Download Clear Cache Feature for Internet Explorer
Overview
This program is intended to automatically delete all temporary Internet files, cookies, and history files when it is installed and executed. The program was developed to programmatically clear these files when a corrupt entry caused errors with Internet Explorer.
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1.12.2005 MSN Direct Goes High Def with Clear Channel
Companies collaborate to deliver rich data services on HD digital radio format to smarten everyday objects.
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10.1.2007 Windows Vista Genuine Validation Fails Due to Incorrect BIOS Data
Thanks to Steve Jobs for this post in his blog. Even if the operating system was activated properly.
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27.6.2007 XP SP3 and Vista SP1 Are in the Clear, Word Is Still Out on Windows 7
While Windows XP SP3 and Windows Vista are in the clear, word is still out on Windows 7, when it comes down to antitrust issues.
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13.3.2008 Latest Vulnerability Attacks Steer Clear of Vista SP1, but Not XP SP3
The latest attacks targeting vulnerabilities in Microsoft's software products have steered clear of Windows Vista Service Pack 1.
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24.3.2008 Microsoft to Kill the Grace Timer and OEM BIOS Windows Vista Cracks with Vista SP1
With the advent of Windows Vista, cracks also became available being designed to bypass the activation process of the operating system.
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4.12.2007 How to Clear & Stop Displaying Windows Media Player 12 Frequent List in Windows 7
Windows 7 Start Menu is almost similar to Windows Vista however Windows 7 Taskbar aka superbar is way different from Vista & XP Taskbar. In Windows 7 Taskbar you have access to jump list and recently opened document list of Office word and for Windows Media Player you will get frequently played video list.
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20.7.2009BIOS maker Phoenix reinvents itself as virtualization platform vendor
Over the past quarter-century, more than a billion PCs have been produced that use Basic Input Output System (BIOS) software from Phoenix Technologies
Ltd. The BIOS provides a key interface between the hardware and the Windows operating system.
But with the BIOS business in a
long-term decline, Phoenix is aiming for a rebirth as a vendor of application platform technology that instead of enabling Windows, starts to compete
with it.
On Monday, the Milpitas, Calif. vendor unveiled a Linux-based virtualization platform called Hyperspace.
Based on the HyperCore hypervisor developed by Phoenix and embedded within its popular BIOS, Hyperspace provides a thin software layer upon
which cut-down versions of popular open-source software can be loaded instantly without the need to boot up Windows, said Woody Hobbs, Phoenix's CEO,
in a telephone interview.
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05.11.2007Phoenix Hyperspace firmware gets Opera-enabled
Phoenix Technologies, makers of the BIOS of the same name, announced today a partnership with Opera software that will give its Hyperspace virtual
Linux environment instant-on Internet browsing...
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06.11.2008Phoenix Instant Boot BIOS starts loading Windows in under a second
Phoenix is showing off a few interesting things at IDF, but the real standout is their new Instant Boot BIOS, a highly optimized UEFI implementation
that can start loading an OS in just under a second. Combined with Windows 7's optimized startup procedure, that means you're looking at incredibly
short boot times -- we saw a retrofitted Dell Adamo hit the Windows desktop in 20 seconds, while a Lenovo T400s with a fast SSD got there in under 10.
It's pretty slick stuff, and it should be out soon -- check a video after the break...
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25.09.2009Phoenix gets embedded DVD player for HyperSpace
California's Phoenix Technologies, the company most famous for its BIOS, has announced an upgrade to its HyperSpace virtual Linux environment that
will allow a system's DVD player to be accessed independently from the core OS...
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29.10.2008New Phoenix BIOS will run Linux apps when Windows fails
California-based Phoenix Technologies has announced its plan to develop an embedded Linux-based bypass system that will allow users to run some
productivity applications even if the main OS has failed...
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13.02.2008Phoenix BIOS with hypervisor to premiere Monday in NEC laptops
BetaNews has learned that, on Monday, NEC will roll out plans to include remotely manageable anti-virus technology in PC notebooks, running outside of
the Windows OS in Linux-based HyperSpace firmware from Phoenix Technologies...
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12.07.2008Microsoft nonchalant about Phoenix assault on Windows
BIOS maker Phoenix Technologies Ltd.'s plans to market a new application platform the company claims will solve a number of problems endemic to
Microsoft's Windows platform might be taken as a provocative gesture at their longtime partner. But Redmond's immediate reaction was nonchalant.
On Monday, the Milpitas, Calif. software maker announced Hyperspace, a Linux-based virtualization platform that will let OEMs bundle
cut-down versions of popular open-source software that end users will be able to access instantly, even without booting Windows.
"We call this embedded simplicity, or PC 3.0," said Woody Hobbs, CEO of Phoenix in an interview.
Phoenix has for many years
been the leading maker of BIOS, which enables a PC's Windows operating system to communicate with the hardware. But BIOS is being slowly supplanted
by a newer technology called Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI).
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06.11.2007AMD Firms Up Deals With Phoenix, General Software
Advanced Micro Devices is having a busy week with the BIOS makers, announcing a new storage device kit designed with leading firmware developer
General Software and playing catch-up with rival Intel in getting on board with the latest products from Phoenix Technologies.
AMD and
General Software have teamed up on a low-cost, low-power Network Attached Storage (NAS) reference design kit aimed at OEMs and system builders serving
small businesses and home users. In a separate announcement this week, the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based chipmaker and Phoenix Technologies committed to a
technology partnership to optimize the firmware vendors new HyperSpace platform with AMD processors and virtualization technology.
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07.11.2007NASA's Phoenix Mars lander: Long may it rest in peace
The Phoenix spacecraft appears to have finally passed away, although not before accomplishing its main NASA missions around exploring the terrain and
weather conditions of the so-called "Red Planet."..
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11.11.2008Phoenix firmware with hypervisor to premiere Monday in NEC laptops
BetaNews has learned that, on Monday, NEC will roll out plans to include remotely manageable anti-virus technology in PC notebooks, running outside of
the Windows OS in Linux-based HyperSpace firmware from Phoenix Technologies...
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14.07.2008NASA finally abandons Mars Phoenix Lander
NASA has finally given up on trying to resurrect the Phoenix Mars Lander. As of early last week NASA stopped sending signals to the rover who is
fighting the intense winter temperatures on Mars. It was hoped that a variation in the weather would allow NASA to establish a connection with the
ill fated rover but there was no success. NASA hopes that when spring rolls around and the tilt of Mars changes that the sunlight will be able
restart the rover's computers. That is only if the rover is able to survive the winter. The little rover that could has already lived a
remarkable life.
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05.12.2008Dell cures some Nvidia GPU woes with BIOS update
Dell has issued a BIOS update to prevent its notebooks equipped with faulty Nvidia graphics cards from overheating...
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29.07.2008Vista virtualization rules relaxed to quash antitrust probes
Microsoft dropped its prohibition on running the most popular versions of Windows Vista in virtual machines because of a complaint filed with
antitrust regulators, court documents show.
According to a status report filed with U.S. District Court Judge Colleen
Kollar-Kotelly , Microsoft changed the EULA (end-user licensing agreements) of Vista Home Basic and Vista Home Premium under pressure from Phoenix
Technologies. Phoenix, best known for the BIOS, or firmware, that it sells to PC makers, had filed a complaint with regulators sometime after early
November 2007, arguing that Microsoft should open the less-expensive versions of Vista to virtualization.
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11.03.2008Researchers Demo BIOS Attack That Survives Disk Wipes
A pair of Argentinian researchers have found a way to perform
a BIOS level malware attack capable of surviving even a
hard-disk wipe.
Alfredo Ortega and Anibal Sacco from Core Security Technologies — used the stage at last week's CanSecWest
conference to
demonstrate methods for infecting the BIOS with persistent code that will survive
reboots and re-flashing attempts. The technique includes patching the BIOS with a small bit of code that gave them complete control of the machine.
The demo ran smoothly on a Windows machine, a PC running OpenBSD and another running VMware Player.
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23.03.2009Lenovo ThinkPad Notebooks Will Use Text Messages for Additional Security
Lenovo is using text messaging to add an additional layer of security to the companys line of ThinkPad notebooks. Starting in 2009, Lenovo ThinkPad
notebook users can use an SMS text message to shutdown a laptop that has been stolen or has been lost. This new feature, called Lenovo Constant Secure
Remote Disable, was developed in conjunction with Phoenix Technologies to work with the ThinkPads BIOS.
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25.11.2008Phoenix suburb wants Wi-Fi for
all residents
[b]Call it a municipal status
symbol in the digital age: a
city blanketed by a wireless
Internet network, accessible
at competitive prices
throughout the town's homes,
cafes, offices and
parks[/b]
Tempe,
the Phoenix suburb that is
home to Arizona State
University, is due to have
wireless Internet available
for all of its 160,000
residents in February,
becoming the first city of its
size in the United States to
have Wi-Fi
throughout.
Tempe
officials hope that by making
high-speed Internet as
accessible as water or
electricity across its 40
square miles, it will attract
more technology and biotech
companies -- and the young,
upwardly mobile employees they
bring...
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13.12.2005Microsoft Responds to Reported OEM BIOS Hacks
The WGA team have finally
provided a written response to
the reported OEM BIOS Hacks
regarding Vista:
I
know many of you are aware of
reports of hacks that attempt
to exploit our OEM BIOS based
activation. We're aware of
this type of hack and I wanted
to take a minute to describe
how these work and how we plan
to respond.
First, what is OEM BIOS
based activation?
Here's a little more
information on how OEM BIOS
based activation works. This
form of product activation is
also known as OEM Activation
or just OA, which is how
Microsoft refers to it and how
I will refer to it in this
post. Back at the launch of
Windows XP when Microsoft
introduced Windows Product
Activation, we recognized that
as easy as end-user activation
is, it still represented an
extra step.
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12.04.2007World's First Mainboard with Open-Source BIOS
According to a post over at
Gmane.org, AMD engineer
Yinghai Lu has reportedly
released source-code of the
BIOS for the Gigabyte
Technology M57SLI-S4
motherboard. This can
potentially allow advanced
users to "program their
motherboards" by themselves,
customizing and optimizing the
BIOS to their personal needs,
possibly even opening up more
functionality for
overclocking. The M57SLI-S4
mainboard is based on Nvidia
nForce 570 SLI core-logic,
supports various AMD
processors in the AM2
form-factor, has four slots
for DDR2 memory, has two PCI
Express x16 slots for SLI
mode, three PCI Express x1
ports for add-in cards, six
Serial ATA-300 connectors for
hard disk drives with RAID
support, ten USB 2.0
connectors, three IEEE1394a
(FireWire) ports and so on.
LinuxBIOS is a free
software project started in
1999 and endorsed by the Free
Software Foundation; the
project aims to replace the
proprietary BIOS firmware
found in most computers with a
lightweight BIOS designed to
perform only the minimum of
tasks necessary. " The need
for a Free BIOS is even more
pressing since DRM and
Treacherous Computing have
found their way into some
proprietary BIOSes and EFI.
From a practical perspective,
LinuxBIOS removes the need for
ugly hacks and workarounds in
the kernel that compensate for
buggy BIOSes we can now fix
the BIOS ourselves ," a
statement proclaims.
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26.02.2007Intel's BIOS tool spells death bell for third party utilities
ECS is showing
Intel's backup utility called
the System Recovery Tool.
This utility sits inside
the BIOS of a motherboard that
of course, sports Intel's
latest chipsets. The
application features partition
and disk image backup and
recovery, just like a lot of
third-party applications.
However, being built inside
the BIOS, it has the advantage
of not needing any sort of
boot or recovery CDs, rather
pressing a function key (F3 in
the case of ECS's boards) on
a keyboard.
The image
creation process is very
simple - press the F3 key,
pick the option Create new
image, choose what partition
will be backed up and the
destination (different
partition, CD, DVD medium).
You can expect this
feature to come on many
motherboards in near future.
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08.06.2007Phoenix to embed an OOXML office suite in firmware
Now you can switch on your computer, browse the Web, play videos, and read your Office docs. Oh yes, wasn't there something else?...No?
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