How to Enable Secure Facebook Browsing

I know many of you like to use your Facebook on public access areas like cafe, library and etc, because enabling secure browsing for an account ensures that data cannot be monitored by other users of the network or the ISP. This feature is not enables by default, but you can change it in your Facebook setting easily.

Just go to Account Setting > Security > Secure Browing, tick the checkbox “Choose Browse Facebook on a secure connection (https) whenever possible” and then save it.

Next time when you login to your Facebook, you will see https url instead of http url on the browser location bar. Anyway, perhaps you will ask, why doesn’t Facebook enable Secure browsing by default for all users? Hmmm…there are 2 reasons as below:-
1. Page loading speed is much slower over a secure connection.
2. Some Facebook apps will not support secure https connections.

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How to set video as desktop wallpaper background using VLC

This is an easy way to set any video as desktop background using vlc media player for free without using any paid software to achieve the same result. Just follow this step to set video as desktop wallpaper and enjoy..

1. First of all you need a VLC player installed in your OS to perform this task on windows. If not then download the VLC player and install it.

2. Run VLC media player,go to Settings->preferences->Interface->Main interfaces,then click on wxWidgets. Remove the tick on “Taskbar” and put a tick on “Systray icon”.

3. Now go to Video ->Output Modules->DirectX. On the bottom right put a tick on advanced options check box.You will now see some options.Put a tick on “Enable Wallpaper Mode “.

4. Now,select playlist and put a check or tick on “Repeat current item “.

5. Press the Save button.Now close the Vlc player and run it again(to save the settings permanently).

6. Now play any video you would like to set as Wallpaper. Right click on the video and click on “Wallpaper”. The video would be set as your wallpaper

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Generic Host process win 32 error solution

Have you come acrossed a dialog box on your windows system titled “Generic Host process for win32 services” – Such dialog box comes when windows encounters error..

There are several fixed based on the nature of errors.. Here is a simple tool which automatically does the necessary fixes:

Download it to fix generic host process for win 32 services error..

Download tool to fix generic host process for win32 services error

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How to Add Facebook Account into Google Plus

Google has launched a new product named Google Plus recent and it is became popular nowadays. Have you try Google Plus yet? Do you think it has the potential to cut into your use of Facebook? I personally think that Google Plus is not a “facebook killer”. What do you think?

Anyway, for those people who have both Google Plus and Facebook accounts, and you don’t want to waste your time manage both of these accounts in different places, then you can add your Facebook account into Google Plus by using Google Chrome Extension or IE/Firefox plugin.

Google Chrome User Download Link : https://chrome.google.com/webstore, go to Extensions -> Social & Communication -> Facebook for Google+

IE or Firefox User Download Link : http://crossrider.com/install/519-google-facebook

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Record Skype calls incoming and outgoing

There are lot of software available for you to record calls and other features available with it. Depending upon those below are the listed few free programs by which we can record calls easily. These are chosen among the best ratings.

Call Graph

Application which I am referring to you is called as Call Graph Skype Recorder. This tool is specially designed to record Skype Calls only. With this you can record any Skype calls.

1. Visit Call Graph and click on Download. It contains file size of just over 7 MB.

2. Launch call Graph Recorder after installation is completed and start using it.

Call Graph will automatically record every call you make as MP3 file and there are options for customization of Call Graph so that you have your own choice. There are options like switching from stereo to mono voice is also possible.

When a call ends you have a list of recent calls, you can play, rename, delete files from the window.

Call Graph is completely 100 % free program which only costs if you want to use their website to host your recording. Call Graph is right now available for Windows users only.

Download Call Graph Skype Call Recorder

iFree Skype Recorder

iFree Skype Recoder is a Free Skype call recorder which is powerful and easy to use tool during conversations. You can use it to record Skype2Skype/ SkypeOut/ SkypeIn/ Skype Conference calls.

The following are the noticeable features of Ifree Skype Recorder-

Automatic and manual recording capabilities
Choice to record Skype calls different side (Local/Remote)
Save Skype calls to MP3 format
Tracking of recorded calls history is easy
Built in Mp3 Player
iFree Skype Recorder covers the feature feasible at that cost. Its only available for Windows users.

Skype Call Recorder

Does the same work, just the Skype Call recording and store recorded calls in space efficient, widely used, convenient mp3 format. It automatically records calls incoming and outgoing.

It has a beautiful and simple design to record the calls with options like recording mode to be choosed from- mono, stereo and joint stereo, Recording Bit Rate options of- 32 bit, 64 bit and 128 bits. This program is available for Windows 2000/ XP/ 2003/ Vista and Windows Server 2008.

Pamela Basic Free Version

With so many software available its necessary to choose good programs among the mentioned. Pamela allows you to record Skype calls from anywhere. In addition to this Pamela can play audio files during a call, take notes during or after the call. Pamela Basic version is completely free use but there advanced version is a paid one.

Pamela basic version supports Windows operating systems.

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BEST SSH COMMANDS / TRICKS

1) COPY SSH KEYS TO USER@HOST TO ENABLE PASSWORD-LESS SSH LOGINS.
ssh-copy-id user@host

To generate the keys use the command ssh-keygen

2) START A TUNNEL FROM SOME MACHINE’S PORT 80 TO YOUR LOCAL POST 2001
ssh -N -L2001:localhost:80 somemachine

Now you can acces the website by going to http://localhost:2001/

3) OUTPUT YOUR MICROPHONE TO A REMOTE COMPUTER’S SPEAKER
dd if=/dev/dsp | ssh -c arcfour -C username@host dd of=/dev/dsp

This will output the sound from your microphone port to the ssh target computer’s speaker port. The sound quality is very bad, so you will hear a lot of hissing.

4) COMPARE A REMOTE FILE WITH A LOCAL FILE
ssh user@host cat /path/to/remotefile | diff /path/to/localfile -

Useful for checking if there are differences between local and remote files.

5) MOUNT FOLDER/FILESYSTEM THROUGH SSH
sshfs name@server:/path/to/folder /path/to/mount/point

Install SSHFS from http://fuse.sourceforge.net/sshfs.html
Will allow you to mount a folder security over a network.

6) SSH CONNECTION THROUGH HOST IN THE MIDDLE
ssh -t reachable_host ssh unreachable_host

Unreachable_host is unavailable from local network, but it’s available from reachable_host’s network. This command creates a connection to unreachable_host through “hidden” connection to reachable_host.

7) COPY FROM HOST1 TO HOST2, THROUGH YOUR HOST
ssh root@host1 “cd /somedir/tocopy/ && tar -cf – .” | ssh root@host2 “cd /samedir/tocopyto/ && tar -xf -”

Good if only you have access to host1 and host2, but they have no access to your host (so ncat won’t work) and they have no direct access to each other.


8)RUN ANY GUI PROGRAM REMOTELY

ssh -fX @

The SSH server configuration requires:

X11Forwarding yes # this is default in Debian

And it’s convenient too:

Compression delayed

9) CREATE A PERSISTENT CONNECTION TO A MACHINE
ssh -MNf @

Create a persistent SSH connection to the host in the background. Combine this with settings in your ~/.ssh/config:
Host host
ControlPath ~/.ssh/master-%r@%h:%p
ControlMaster no
All the SSH connections to the machine will then go through the persisten SSH socket. This is very useful if you are using SSH to synchronize files (using rsync/sftp/cvs/svn) on a regular basis because it won’t create a new socket each time to open an ssh connection.

10) ATTACH SCREEN OVER SSH
ssh -t remote_host screen -r

Directly attach a remote screen session (saves a useless parent bash process)

11) PORT KNOCKING!
knock 3000 4000 5000 && ssh -p user@host && knock 5000 4000 3000

Knock on ports to open a port to a service (ssh for example) and knock again to close the port. You have to install knockd.
See example config file below.
[options]
logfile = /var/log/knockd.log
[openSSH]
sequence = 3000,4000,5000
seq_timeout = 5
command = /sbin/iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -s %IP% -p tcp –dport 22 -j ACCEPT
tcpflags = syn
[closeSSH]
sequence = 5000,4000,3000
seq_timeout = 5
command = /sbin/iptables -D INPUT -i eth0 -s %IP% -p tcp –dport 22 -j ACCEPT
tcpflags = syn

12) REMOVE A LINE IN A TEXT FILE. USEFUL TO FIX
ssh-keygen -R

In this case it’s better do to use the dedicated tool

13) RUN COMPLEX REMOTE SHELL CMDS OVER SSH, WITHOUT ESCAPING QUOTES
ssh host -l user $(<cmd.txt)

Much simpler method. More portable version: ssh host -l user “`cat cmd.txt`”

14) COPY A MYSQL DATABASE TO A NEW SERVER VIA SSH WITH ONE COMMAND
mysqldump –add-drop-table –extended-insert –force –log-error=error.log -uUSER -pPASS OLD_DB_NAME | ssh -C user@newhost “mysql -uUSER -pPASS NEW_DB_NAME”

Dumps a MySQL database over a compressed SSH tunnel and uses it as input to mysql – i think that is the fastest and best way to migrate a DB to a new server!

15) REMOVE A LINE IN A TEXT FILE. USEFUL TO FIX “SSH HOST KEY CHANGE” WARNINGS
sed -i 8d ~/.ssh/known_hosts

16) COPY YOUR SSH PUBLIC KEY TO A SERVER FROM A MACHINE THAT DOESN’T HAVE SSH-COPY-ID
cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh user@machine “mkdir ~/.ssh; cat >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys”

If you use Mac OS X or some other *nix variant that doesn’t come with ssh-copy-id, this one-liner will allow you to add your public key to a remote machine so you can subsequently ssh to that machine without a password.

17) LIVE SSH NETWORK THROUGHPUT TEST
yes | pv | ssh $host “cat > /dev/null”

connects to host via ssh and displays the live transfer speed, directing all transferred data to /dev/null
needs pv installed
Debian: ‘apt-get install pv’
Fedora: ‘yum install pv’ (may need the ‘extras’ repository enabled)

18) HOW TO ESTABLISH A REMOTE GNU SCREEN SESSION THAT YOU CAN RE-CONNECT TO
ssh -t user@some.domain.com /usr/bin/screen -xRR

Long before tabbed terminals existed, people have been using Gnu screen to open many shells in a single text terminal. Combined with ssh, it gives you the ability to have many open shells with a single remote connection using the above options. If you detach with “Ctrl-a d” or if the ssh session is accidentally terminated, all processes running in your remote shells remain undisturbed, ready for you to reconnect. Other useful screen commands are “Ctrl-a c” (open new shell) and “Ctrl-a a” (alternate between shells). Read this quick reference for more screen commands: http://aperiodic.net/screen/quick_reference

19) RESUME SCP OF A BIG FILE
rsync –partial –progress –rsh=ssh $file_source $user@$host:$destination_file

It can resume a failed secure copy ( usefull when you transfer big files like db dumps through vpn ) using rsync.
It requires rsync installed in both hosts.
rsync –partial –progress –rsh=ssh $file_source $user@$host:$destination_file local -> remote
or
rsync –partial –progress –rsh=ssh $user@$host:$remote_file $destination_file remote -> local

20) ANALYZE TRAFFIC REMOTELY OVER SSH W/ WIRESHARK
ssh root@server.com ‘tshark -f “port !22″ -w -’ | wireshark -k -i -

This captures traffic on a remote machine with tshark, sends the raw pcap data over the ssh link, and displays it in wireshark. Hitting ctrl+C will stop the capture and unfortunately close your wireshark window. This can be worked-around by passing -c # to tshark to only capture a certain # of packets, or redirecting the data through a named pipe rather than piping directly from ssh to wireshark. I recommend filtering as much as you can in the tshark command to conserve bandwidth. tshark can be replaced with tcpdump thusly:
ssh root@example.com tcpdump -w – ‘port !22′ | wireshark -k -i –

21) HAVE AN SSH SESSION OPEN FOREVER
autossh -M50000 -t server.example.com ‘screen -raAd mysession’

Open a ssh session opened forever, great on laptops losing Internet connectivity when switching WIFI spots.

22) HARDER, FASTER, STRONGER SSH CLIENTS
ssh -4 -C -c blowfish-cbc

We force IPv4, compress the stream, specify the cypher stream to be Blowfish. I suppose you could use aes256-ctr as well for cypher spec. I’m of course leaving out things like master control sessions and such as that may not be available on your shell although that would speed things up as well.

23) THROTTLE BANDWIDTH WITH CSTREAM
tar -cj /backup | cstream -t 777k | ssh host ‘tar -xj -C /backup’

this bzips a folder and transfers it over the network to “host” at 777k bit/s.
cstream can do a lot more, have a look http://www.cons.org/cracauer/cstream.html#usage
for example:
echo w00t, i’m 733+ | cstream -b1 -t2

24) TRANSFER SSH PUBLIC KEY TO ANOTHER MACHINE IN ONE STEP
ssh-keygen; ssh-copy-id user@host; ssh user@host

This command sequence allows simple setup of (gasp!) password-less SSH logins. Be careful, as if you already have an SSH keypair in your ~/.ssh directory on the local machine, there is a possibility ssh-keygen may overwrite them. ssh-copy-id copies the public key to the remote host and appends it to the remote account’s ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file. When trying ssh, if you used no passphrase for your key, the remote shell appears soon after invoking ssh user@host.

25) COPY STDIN TO YOUR X11 BUFFER
ssh user@host cat /path/to/some/file | xclip

Have you ever had to scp a file to your work machine in order to copy its contents to a mail? xclip can help you with that. It copies its stdin to the X11 buffer, so all you have to do is middle-click to paste the content of that looong file

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Some use full Linux Commands to get Complex Things Done Easily

To Serve Current Directory on Web without Installing a Web Server – Use it Share your Files to your friend over the Web

$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8080

This Command will serve the current directory tree at http://$HOSTNAME:8080/
So if you wished to share some files with your friend over the Internet streaming them right from your pc then just run this script, check your IP using whatismyip.com and then ask your friend to open,
http://Your IP:8080/ for example http://123.34.56.12:8080/ and he/she can copy your files immediately


To Run a Linux Command at a Given Time

echo “ls -l” | at midnight
OR
echo “ls -l” | at 10am Jul 21
Now , the first command will do a “ls -l” at midnight , and to run any other command at a specific time just type in the command then the pipe operator(|) follwed by “at time”
Like the second command will do a “ls -l” at 10 am on july 21st


Update Twitter From the Linux Command Line

curl -u user:pass -d status=”I am Tweeting from the shell” http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml
Now all you have to do is replace user by your twitter username , pass by your password and the text inside status to whatever you wish to set your status too .
It uses cUrl library to post your messsage


To Display Programs/Process consuming Maximum Memory
ps aux | sort -nk +4 | tail

The above command displays the 10 most resource hogging process consuming big share of your memory.


An Impressive One – List of Commands you use Often at Shell

history | awk ‘{a[$2]++}END{for(i in a){print a[i] ” ” i}}’ | sort -rn | head


See What is Stored inside your RAM

This command will display all strings currently stored in your RAM , will sure make you feel Good if you love to play with your PC
sudo dd if=/dev/mem | cat | strings


Download An Entire Website

wget –random-wait -r -p -e robots=off -U mozilla http://www.example.com

-p parameter tells wget to include all files, including images.

-e robots=off you don’t want wget to obey by the robots.txt file

-U mozilla as your browsers identity.

–random-wait to let wget chose a random number of seconds to wait, avoid get into black list.

Other Useful wget Parameters:

–limit-rate=20k limits the rate at which it downloads files.

-b continues wget after logging out.

-o $HOME/wget_log.txt logs the output


Lst The Size (In Human Readable Form) Of All Sub Folder From The Current Location

du -h –max-depth=1


A Very Simple And Useful Stop Stop Watch

time read (ctrl-d to stop)

time read -sn1 (s:silent, n:number of characters. Press any character to stop)


Shutdown a Windows Machine From Linux

net rpc shutdown -I ipAddressOfWindowsPC -U username%password

This will issue a shutdown command to the Windows machine. username must be an administrator on the Windows machine. Requires samba-common package installed. Other relevant commands are:

net rpc shutdown -r : reboot the Windows machine

net rpc abortshutdown : abort shutdown of the Windows machine

Type:

net rpc

to show all relevant commands


Jump to a Directory, Execute a Command and Jump Back to Current DIR

(cd /tmp && ls)


Set Audiable Alarm When An IP Address Comes Online

ping -i 60 -a IP_address

Waiting for your server to finish rebooting? Issue the command above and you will hear a beep when it comes online. The -i 60 flag tells ping to wait for 60 seconds between ping, putting less strain on your system. Vary it to your need. The -a flag tells ping to include an audible bell in the output when a package is received (that is, when your server comes online).


Watch Network Service Activity in Real-Time

lsof -i


RIP Audio From a Video File

mplayer -ao pcm -vo null -vc dummy -dumpaudio -dumpfile

replace accordingly

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Find Location and Address of any Mobile / Telephone or Landline number

Click Here to find a number details

A new web service called tp2location is providing a much needed service of finding location of any Mobile.Land line phone and it even shows that through a map with correct recognition of the Network Operator. If the number belongs to US/ Canada then you can also retrieve more details like owner’s name, his/her street address and more , but for international users it will show your nearest City , your country and your network operator .

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Windows Hotkeys

Windows Hotkeys
Shift + F10 right-clicks.
Win + L (XP Only): Locks keyboard. Similar to Lock Workstation.
Win + F or F3: Open Find dialog. (All Files) F3 may not work in some applications which use F3 for their own find dialogs.
Win + Control + F: Open Find dialog. (Computers)
Win + U: Open Utility Manager.
Win + F1: Open Windows help.
Win + Pause: Open System Properties dialog.
Win + Tab: Cycle through taskbar buttons. Enter clicks, AppsKey or Shift + F10 right-clicks.
Win + Shift + Tab: Cycle through taskbar buttons in reverse.
Alt + Tab: Display Cool Switch. More commonly known as the AltTab dialog.
Alt + Shift + Tab: Display Cool Switch; go in reverse.
Alt + Escape: Send active window to the bottom of the z-order.
Alt + Shift + Escape: Activate the window at the bottom of the z-order.
Alt + F4: Close active window; or, if all windows are closed, open shutdown dialog.
Shift while a CD is loading: Bypass AutoPlay.
Shift while login: Bypass startup folder. Only those applications will be ignored which are in the startup folder, not those started from the registry (Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\)
Ctrl + Alt + Delete or Ctrl + Alt + NumpadDel (Both NumLock states): Invoke the Task Manager or NT Security dialog.
Ctrl + Shift + Escape (2000/XP ) or (Ctrl + Alt + NumpadDot) : Invoke the task manager. On earlier OSes, acts like Ctrl + Escape.
Print screen: Copy screenshot of current screen to clipboard.
Alt + Print screen: Copy screenshot of current active window to clipboard.
Ctrl + Alt + Down Arrow: Invert screen. Untested on OS's other than XP.
Ctrl + Alt + Up Arrow: Undo inversion.
Win + B : Move focus to systray icons.

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Mozilla Firefox Shortcuts

Mozilla Firefox Shortcuts
Ctrl + Tab or Ctrl + PageDown: Cycle through tabs.
Ctrl + Shift + Tab or Ctrl + PageUp: Cycle through tabs in reverse.
Ctrl + (1-9): Switch to tab corresponding to number.
Ctrl + N: New window.
Ctrl + T: New tab.
Ctrl + L or Alt + D or F6: Switch focus to location bar.
Ctrl + Enter: Open location in new tab.
Shift + Enter: Open location in new window.
Ctrl + K or Ctrl + E: Switch focus to search bar.
Ctrl + O: Open a local file.
Ctrl + W: Close tab, or window if there's only one tab open.
Ctrl + Shift + W: Close window.
Ctrl + S: Save page as a local file.
Ctrl + P: Print page.
Ctrl + F or F3: Open find toolbar.
Ctrl + G or F3: Find next...
Ctrl + Shift + G or Shift + F3: Find previous...
Ctrl + B or Ctrl + I: Open Bookmarks sidebar.
Ctrl + H: Open History sidebar.
Escape: Stop loading page.
Ctrl + R or F5: Reload current page.
Ctrl + Shift + R or Ctrl + F5: Reload current page; bypass cache.
Ctrl + U: View page source.
Ctrl + D: Bookmark current page.
Ctrl + NumpadPlus or Ctrl + Equals (+/=): Increase text size.
Ctrl + NumpadMinus or Ctrl + Minus: Decrease text size.
Ctrl + Numpad0 or Ctrl + 0: Set text size to default.
Alt + Left or Backspace: Back.
Alt + Right or Shift + Backspace: Forward.
Alt + Home: Open home page.
Ctrl + M: Open new message in integrated mail client.
Ctrl + J: Open Downloads dialog.
F6: Switch to next frame. You must have selected something on the page already, e.g. by use of Tab.
Shift + F6: Switch to previous frame.
Apostrophe ('): Find link as you type.
Slash (/): Find text as you type.

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Change DOS color

SYNTAX Sets the default console foreground and background colors.
COLOR [attr]

attr Specifies color attribute of console output

Color attributes are specified by TWO hex digits -- the first corresponds to the background; the second the foreground. Each digit can be any of the below values.
0 = Black
8 = Gray
1 = Blue
9 = Light Blue
2 = Green
A = Light Green
3 = Aqua
B = Light Aqua
4 = Red
C = Light Red
5 = Purple
D = Light Purple
6 = Yellow
E = Light Yellow
7 = White
F = Bright White
If no argument is given, this command restores the color to what it was when CMD.EXE started. This value either comes from the current console window, the /T command line switch or from the DefaultColor registry value. The COLOR command sets ERRORLEVEL to 1 if an attempt is made to execute the COLOR command with a foreground and background color that are the same.

EXAMPLE
Color 2A = Creates a green background with light bright green text, similar to many of the FTP, telnet, and old BBS console screens.
Valid for a session only

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Lock / Hide any folder using DOS

Hide your folders with out using any soft
just go to

run.....>

cmd....>

note 1 "_" give 1 space on that place

note 2 ex:- if your folder is at D drive then

-->first you D: and press enter after you write below command

-->Attrib "your folder name"_+r_+a_+s_+h

-->enter

-->if you want to view that folder then

you write same command use with -

like -->attrib "your folder name"_–r_–a_–s_–h

For example:

->first you D: and press enter after you write below command

-->Attrib "Wehackers"_+r_+a_+s_+h

-->enter

-->if you want to view that folder then

you write same command use with -

like -->attrib "Alltrickspot"_–r_–a_–s_–h

Note:
replace "_" by space

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Clear BIOS Password

At command prompt type debug
you will get a - prompt where you can type the fallowing ( means hit enter, not type enter*)

A
MOV AX,0
MOV AX,CX
OUT 70,AL
MOV AX,0
OUT 71,AL
INC CX
CMP CX,100
JB 103
INT 20
just hit enter on this line
G
Q

Basic BIOS password crack - works 9.9 times out of ten

This is a password hack but it clears the BIOS such that the next time you start the PC, the CMOS does not ask for any password. Now if you are able to bring the DOS prompt up, then you will be able to change the BIOS setting to the default. To clear the CMOS do the following:
Get DOS prompt and type:
DEBUG hit enter
-o 70 2e hit enter
-o 71 ff hit enter
-q hit enter
exit hit enter
Restart the computer. It works on most versions of the AWARD BIOS.



Accessing information on the hard disk



When you turn on the host machine, enter the CMOS setup menu (usually you have to press F2, or DEL, or CTRL+ALT+S during the boot sequence) and go to STANDARD CMOS SETUP, and set the channel to which you have put the hard disk as TYPE=Auto, MODE=AUTO, then SAVE & EXIT SETUP. Now you have access to the hard disk.



Standard BIOS backdoor passwords


The first, less invasive, attempt to bypass a BIOS password is to try on of these standard manufacturer's backdoor passwords:
AWARD BIOS
AWARD SW, AWARD_SW, Award SW, AWARD PW, _award, awkward, J64, j256, j262, j332, j322, 01322222, 589589, 589721, 595595, 598598, HLT, SER, SKY_FOX, aLLy, aLLY, Condo, CONCAT, TTPTHA, aPAf, HLT, KDD, ZBAAACA, ZAAADA, ZJAAADC, djonet, %øåñòü ïpîáåëîâ%, %äåâÿòü ïpîáåëîâ%
AMI BIOS
AMI, A.M.I., AMI SW, AMI_SW, BIOS, PASSWORD, HEWITT RAND, Oder
Other passwords you may try (for AMI/AWARD or other BIOSes)
LKWPETER, lkwpeter, BIOSTAR, biostar, BIOSSTAR, biosstar, ALFAROME, Syxz, Wodj
Note that the key associated to "_" in the US keyboard corresponds to "?" in some European keyboards (such as Italian and German ones), so -- for example -- you should type AWARD?SW when using those keyboards. Also remember that passwords are Case Sensitive. The last two passwords in the AWARD BIOS list are in Russian.



Flashing BIOS via software


If you have access to the computer when it's turned on, you could try one of those programs that remove the password from the BIOS, by invalidating its memory.
However, it might happen you don't have one of those programs when you have access to the computer, so you'd better learn how to do manually what they do. You can reset the BIOS to its default values using the MS-DOS tool DEBUG (type DEBUG at the command prompt. You'd better do it in pure MS-DOS mode, not from a MS-DOS shell window in Windows). Once you are in the debug environment enter the following commands:
AMI/AWARD BIOS
O 70 17
O 71 17
Q
PHOENIX BIOS
O 70 FF
O 71 17
Q
GENERIC
Invalidates CMOS RAM.
Should work on all AT motherboards
(XT motherboards don't have CMOS)
O 70 2E
O 71 FF
Q
Note that the first letter is a "O" not the number "0". The numbers which follow are two bytes in hex format.


Flashing BIOS via hardware


If you can't access the computer when it's on, and the standard backdoor passwords didn't work, you'll have to flash the BIOS via hardware. Please read the important notes at the end of this section before to try any of these methods.


Using the jumpers

The canonical way to flash the BIOS via hardware is to plug, unplug, or switch a jumper on the motherboard (for "switching a jumper" I mean that you find a jumper that joins the central pin and a side pin of a group of three pins, you should then unplug the jumper and then plug it to the central pin and to the pin on the opposite side, so if the jumper is normally on position 1-2, you have to put it on position 2-3, or vice versa). This jumper is not always located near to the BIOS, but could be anywhere on the motherboard.

To find the correct jumper you should read the motherboard's manual.
Once you've located the correct jumper, switch it (or plug or unplug it, depending from what the manual says) while the computer is turned OFF. Wait a couple of seconds then put the jumper back to its original position. In some motherboards it may happen that the computer will automatically turn itself on, after flashing the BIOS. In this case, turn it off, and put the jumper back to its original position, then turn it on again. Other motherboards require you turn the computer on for a few seconds to flash the BIOS.

If you don't have the motherboard's manual, you'll have to "brute force" it... trying out all the jumpers. In this case, try first the isolated ones (not in a group), the ones near to the BIOS, and the ones you can switch (as I explained before). If all them fail, try all the others. However, you must modify the status of only one jumper per attempt, otherwise you could damage the motherboard (since you don't know what the jumper you modified is actually meant for). If the password request screen still appear, try another one.

If after flashing the BIOS, the computer won't boot when you turn it on, turn it off, and wait some seconds before to retry.

Removing the battery

If you can't find the jumper to flash the BIOS or if such jumper doesn't exist, you can remove the battery that keeps the BIOS memory alive. It's a button-size battery somewhere on the motherboard (on elder computers the battery could be a small, typically blue, cylinder soldered to the motherboard, but usually has a jumper on its side to disconnect it, otherwise you'll have to unsolder it and then solder it back). Take it away for 15-30 minutes or more, then put it back and the data contained into the BIOS memory should be volatilized. I'd suggest you to remove it for about one hour to be sure, because if you put it back when the data aren't erased yet you'll have to wait more time, as you've never removed it. If at first it doesn't work, try to remove the battery overnight.

Important note: in laptop and notebooks you don't have to remove the computer's power batteries (which would be useless), but you should open your computer and remove the CMOS battery from the motherboard.
Short-circuiting the chip
Another way to clear the CMOS RAM is to reset it by short circuiting two pins of the BIOS chip for a few seconds. You can do that with a small piece of electric wire or with a bent paper clip. Always make sure that the computer is turned OFF before to try this operation.


Here is a list of EPROM chips that are commonly used in the BIOS industry. You may find similar chips with different names if they are compatible chips made by another brand. If you find the BIOS chip you are working on matches with one of the following you can try to short-circuit the appropriate pins. Be careful, because this operation may damage the chip.
CHIPS P82C206 (square)


Short together pins 12 and 32 (the first and the last pins on the bottom edge of the chip) or pins 74 and 75 (the two pins on the upper left corner).
gnd
74
|__________________
5v 75--| |
| |
| |
| CHIPS |
1 * | |
| P82C206 |
| |
| |
|___________________|
| |
| gnd | 5v
12 32
OPTi F82C206 (rectangular)
Short together pins 3 and 26 (third pin from left side and fifth pin from right side on the bottom edge).
80 51
|______________|
81 -| |- 50
| |
| |
| OPTi |
| |
| F82C206 |
| |
100-|________________|-31
|| | |
1 || | | 30
3 26


Dallas DS1287, DS1287A
Benchmarq bp3287MT, bq3287AMT
The Dallas DS1287 and DS1287A, and the compatible Benchmarq bp3287MT and bq3287AMT chips have a built-in battery. This battery should last up to ten years. Any motherboard using these chips should not have an additional battery (this means you can't flash the BIOS by removing a battery). When the battery fails, the RTC chip would be replaced.
CMOS RAM can be cleared on the 1287A and 3287AMT chips by shorting pins 12 and 21.

The 1287 (and 3287MT) differ from the 1287A in that the CMOS RAM can't be cleared. If there is a problem such as a forgotten password, the chip must be replaced. (In this case it is recommended to replace the 1287 with a 1287A). Also the Dallas 12887 and 12887A are similar but contain twice as much CMOS RAM storage.
__________
1 -| * U |- 24 5v
2 -| |- 23
3 -| |- 22
4 -| |- 21 RCL (RAM Clear)
5 -| |- 20
6 -| |- 19
7 -| |- 18
8 -| |- 17
9 -| |- 16
10 -| |- 15
11 -| |- 14
gnd 12 -|__________|- 13

NOTE: Although these are 24-pin chips,
the Dallas chips may be missing 5 pins,
these are unused pins.
Most chips have unused pins,
though usually they are still present.


Dallas DS12885S
Benchmarq bq3258S
Hitachi HD146818AP
Samsung KS82C6818A
This is a rectangular 24-pin DIP chip, usually in a socket. The number on the chip should end in 6818.
Although this chip is pin-compatible with the Dallas 1287/1287A, there is no built-in battery.
Short together pins 12 and 24.
5v
24 20 13
|___________|____________________|
| |
| DALLAS |
|> |
| DS12885S |
| |
|__________________________________|
| |
1 12
gnd


Motorola MC146818AP
Short pins 12 and 24. These are the pins on diagonally opposite corners - lower left and upper right. You might also try pins 12 and 20.
__________
1 -| * U |- 24 5v
2 -| |- 23
3 -| |- 22
4 -| |- 21
5 -| |- 20
6 -| |- 19
7 -| |- 18
8 -| |- 17
9 -| |- 16
10 -| |- 15
11 -| |- 14
gnd 12 -|__________|- 13



Replacing the chip


If nothing works, you could replace the existing BIOS chip with a new one you can buy from your specialized electronic shop or your computer supplier. It's a quick operation if the chip is inserted on a base and not soldered to the motherboard, otherwise you'll have to unsolder it and then put the new one. In this case would be more convenient to solder a base on which you'll then plug the new chip, in the eventuality that you'll have to change it again. If you can't find the BIOS chip specifically made for your motherboard, you should buy one of the same type (probably one of the ones shown above) and look in your motherboard manufacturer's website to see if there's the BIOS image to download. Then you should copy that image on the chip you bought with an EPROM programmer.


Important
Whether is the method you use, when you flash the BIOS not only the password, but also all the other configuration data will be reset to the factory defaults, so when you are booting for the first time after a BIOS flash, you should enter the CMOS configuration menu (as explained before) and fix up some things.
Also, when you boot Windows, it may happen that it finds some new device, because of the new configuration of the BIOS, in this case you'll probably need the Windows installation CD because Windows may ask you for some external files. If Windows doesn't see the CD-ROM try to eject and re-insert the CD-ROM again. If Windows can't find the CD-ROM drive and you set it properly from the BIOS config, just reboot with the reset key, and in the next run Windows should find it. However most files needed by the system while installing new hardware could also be found in C:WINDOWS, C:WINDOWSSYSTEM, or C:WINDOWSINF .



Key Disk for Toshiba laptops


Some Toshiba notebooks allow to bypass BIOS by inserting a "key-disk" in the floppy disk drive while booting. To create a Toshiba Keydisk, take a 720Kb or 1.44Mb floppy disk, format it (if it's not formatted yet), then use a hex editor such as Hex Workshop to change the first five bytes of the second sector (the one after the boot sector) and set them to 4B 45 59 00 00 (note that the first three bytes are the ASCII for "KEY" followed by two zeroes). Once you have created the key disk put it into the notebook's drive and turn it on, then push the reset button and when asked for password, press Enter. You will be asked to Set Password again. Press Y and Enter. You'll enter the BIOS configuration where you can set a new password.


Key protected cases


A final note about those old computers (up to 486 and early Pentiums) protected with a key that prevented the use of the mouse and the keyboard or the power button. All you have to do with them is to follow the wires connected to the key hole, locate the jumper to which they are connected and unplug it.

That's all.

Clear Cmos, jumper.That is the way how I solve problem when customer forgets password.


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There are a few different ways to reset the cmos, here's a few:

1. there are many default common passwords,
such as:

At boot-up note the BIOS provider (Award, AMI, Phoenix, IBM, etc.)

For Award BIOS' try these backdoor passwords:

AWARD_SW
j262
HLT
SER
SKY_FOX
BIOSTAR
ALFAROME
Lkwpeter
j256
AWARD?SW
LKWPETER
syxz
ALLy
589589
589721
awkward
CONCAT
d8on
CONDO
j64
szyx

For AMI BIOS' try these backdoor passwords:

AMI
BIOS
PASSWORD
HEWITT RAND
AMI?SW
AMI_SW
LKWPETER
A.M.I.
CONDO


For PHOENIX BIOS' try this backdoor password:

phoenix

there are too many to count here's a list
http://www.phenoelit.de/dpl/dpl.html
(search for PC BIOS)


2. On some older PC's pressing the insert key upon startup will clear
the CMOS, make sure you hold it down till it's done booting.

3. Another way which we pretty much already covered, was to pull the
metallic nickel looking battery that supplies power to the CMOS.

4. Some times there is a small three pin jumper used to reset the bios,
just move the black little pin cover to the opposite two pins.
(Make sure to read the motherboards manual before this)

5. If the battery is soldered in you can take a soldering iron to it but
I don't recommend it unless you are a professional.

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