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Ylianst / MeshCommander

MeshCommander is a Intel(R) Active Management Technology (Intel(R) AMT) remote management tool. It's feature rich and includes a built-in remote desktop viewer for Hardware-KVM, a Serial-over-LAN terminal, IDER-Redirection support and much more. MeshCommander is built on web technologies and runs on many plaforms. In addition to being available as a stand-alone tool, MeshCommander was built to be very space efficient to that it can be uploaded into Intel AMT flash space to have it served diretly from the Intel AMT web serve.
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MeshCommander capability to reset BIOS or BIOS password? #35

Open nicholseric opened 3 years ago

nicholseric commented 3 years ago

I have set up BIOS\TPM\AMT on a Panasonic Toughbook FZ-55.

I paired AMT with MeshCommander successfully and can still access the toughbook via AMT. Windows works as well because the BIOS is not requiring password to boot. The problem lies with the fact that I can no longer get into the BIOS because the password is unknown. Is there a way to reset BIOS password from MeshCommander\AMT?

I used a barcode scanner to enter and verify the BIOS password. The password creation entry fields must be treated differently than the entry fields requested upon entering the BIOS because it isnt letting me into the BIOS by scanning or hand entering the password. Panasonic does not provide a way to reset the BIOS, they charge $300 to send it in for a reset! Any ideas?

nicholseric commented 3 years ago

Using the original Code128 barcode that got me into trouble, I was able to remove characters one by one from the end of the password until it was a single character. Then in another toughbook I was able to scan each barcode into the new admin password field and compare how many characters were received by the BIOS. As I scanned, I tallied up the characters and through the process of elimination, I was able to see that each upper case character was excluded or not received by the BIOS. It is interesting to note that all characters are received normally in other areas of the BIOS including password prompt, just not when setting passwords.

I have pieced together the password and have gotten back into the BIOS. I'd still be interested in knowing if MeshCommander or Central would be of any help here.