Re: Lenovo ThinkPad T470 bios password decrypt



So you visited the following link:
[url]https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showpost.php?p=981152&postcount=1[/url]

1)And got python downloaded and installed first?

2)Downloaded the autopatcher zip?
[url]https://www.badcaps.net/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=218252&d=1597843816[/url]

3)Unzipped the files and opened a command prompt (type "cmd" without the quotes in the address bar of the explorer windows showing the unzip files and hit "enter")...

Re: Lenovo ThinkPad T470 bios password decrypt



Post # 128 actually is the useful one, follow that guide/video for help, let me know if and where you get stuck with those steps.

Markus1741 was most helpful.......

Re: Lenovo ThinkPad T470 bios password decrypt

Thanks guys, my son's T470P worked using those directions!

Re: Lenovo ThinkPad T470 bios password decrypt

frphpaz, I don't know what I'm doing yet with the BIOS unlocking, but the guide says after you flash the patched rom/bin and remove the password you need to flash your original rom/bin back on. Did you do that?

Also, a drive won't show up if your laptop BIOS drive setting is set to use intel rapid storage technology (IRST)/optane you can't boot a generic windows build from microsoft without adding the IRST drivers to the boot and image wim files. Easiest to change to AHCI for your drive in the BIOS and try again. Or get...

Re: Lenovo ThinkPad T470 bios password decrypt

Thank you Markus1741 for pointing me in the correct direction. I followed those instructions for the autopatcher, his script needed some chmod'in and an alias in bashrc to make python in his scripts run as python3 but then I got it to spit out my file. A diff on my file to yours show a match! Thank you for helping me learn how to do this!

Next time my kid's home from college with that laptop we'll follow the rest of the steps and hopefully it goes well I'll try to remember to report on it then.

Re: Lenovo ThinkPad T470 bios password decrypt

My son bought a T470 on ebay and it came Supervisor password locked in the bios. I pulled the bios and attached it, but I am totally lost on how to remove the password. Does anybody have the ability to fix the bios for me or step me like a newb through the process please?

Thanks!...