CmosPwd
(ver 5.0)
Freeware


CmosPwd is a BIOS Cracker that assists you to 
discover and/or erase the password stored in 
older computer CMOSes, so that you can enter 
the CMOS to make changes.  A solution often 
required with a "hand-me-down" computer.  

TIP: Do -not- yourself use the "Password" CMOS 
lockout feature provided by the computers BIOS.  
It is too easy to lock yourself out by accident.  
Besides, if you make a backup with CmosPwd, you 
can restore the CMOS to clear any wrong changes.  

WARNING:
On laptops, the password is usually stored in an 
eeprom on the motherboard and -not- in the CMOS. 
You need an eeprom programmer/eeprom reader 
(electronic device) to retrieve the password. 
If you erase the cmos (ie. cmospwd /k) and if the 
password is really stored in an eeprom, you won't 
be able to boot anymore!  


Windows files are located in the "windows" directory.  

CmosPwd requires DPMI, and will find and execute CWSDPMI 
if this file is in the same directory as the CmosPwd 
executable (bypassing the need to pre-load DPMI services).
Included is a complementary CWSDPMI.EXE (release 7).