Hi guys,
Does anyone know if its possible to set and activate a bios password in .net?
Regards.
ogsirus
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Jump to PostYou are talking about very low-level stuff, which would vary depending on the BIOS. I doubt this functionality is baked in to the .Net framework. It would pose serious security risks if the BIOS password could be easily set by just any .Net application (Administrator or not).
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chriswelborn
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You are talking about very low-level stuff, which would vary depending on the BIOS. I doubt this functionality is baked in to the .Net framework. It would pose serious security risks if the BIOS password could be easily set by just any .Net application (Administrator or not).
Hiroshe
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Given some non-portable assumptions, I beleive the answer is "yes".
I'm not sure how this is usefull though.
humorousone
Just to add to what chris said (he's right), there are some motherboard drivers that allow some limited manipulation of the bios settings, although it's probably done through some motherboard-specific api.
Either way, the functionality isn't built into .net and even if it was, it'd be difficult to get your application to work on more than one brand/series of motherboard.
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