How to Get Information about Power-on Password

[Ujval Jain]

Hi,
which registry key is used to get information on power-on
password.

Thanks,
Ujval

 

[Venkat Srinivasan.R [ MSFT ]]

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights

Hi Ujval,

R u talking abt BIOS password . If so it is not stored in the registry !!
For details see the link and the summary
below in "Controlling Access to the Power Switch " section of the web page.

Computer Security and Windows 2000 Server :-
=========================================
http://www.microsoft.com/Resources/documentation/SBS/2000/all/reskit/en-us/s
brk0022.mspx

The summary is below :

Controlling Access to the Power Switch : -
======================================
On many hardware platforms, the system can be protected by using a power-on
password. A power-on password prevents unauthorized personnel from starting
an operating system other than Windows 2000, which would compromise system
security. Power-on passwords are a function of the computer hardware, not
the operating system software. The procedure for setting up a power-on
password, therefore, depends on the type of computer. Consult the computer
vendor's documentation for additional information.

Regards,
Venkat.

 

[Venkat Srinivasan.R [ MSFT ]]

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights

Hi Ujval,

R u talking abt BIOS password . If so it is not stored in the registry !!
For details see the link and the summary
below in "Controlling Access to the Power Switch " section of the web page.

Computer Security and Windows 2000 Server :-
=========================================
http://www.microsoft.com/Resources/documentation/SBS/2000/all/reskit/en-us/s
brk0022.mspx

The summary is below :

Controlling Access to the Power Switch : -
======================================
On many hardware platforms, the system can be protected by using a power-on
password. A power-on password prevents unauthorized personnel from starting
an operating system other than Windows 2000, which would compromise system
security. Power-on passwords are a function of the computer hardware, not
the operating system software. The procedure for setting up a power-on
password, therefore, depends on the type of computer. Consult the computer
vendor's documentation for additional information.

Regards,
Venkat.

 

[Ujval Jain]

How to get information related to BIOS setting? I wanted
to know this power-on password is enabled or not
programetically.

 

[Ujval Jain]

How to get information related to BIOS setting? I wanted
to know this power-on password is enabled or not
programetically.

 

[Rick]

Not possible with Win2K, thanks to its hardware abstraction
layer. If it were possible, you can bet some idiot would have
written a virus/trojan/etc by now that enables a power-on
password in bios/CMOS.

Rick

 

[Rick]

Not possible with Win2K, thanks to its hardware abstraction
layer. If it were possible, you can bet some idiot would have
written a virus/trojan/etc by now that enables a power-on
password in bios/CMOS.

Rick