ERD_SMSS project

The ERD_SMSS project aims to create an emergency repair diskette/CD which is capable to reset passwords on Windows 2000/XP (and above, maybe NT 4.0 support will be added). In fact it should be something like a small repair console as was introduced with Windows 2000 but with a greatly enhanced set of features.

Progress with the project

I will misuse this place to report my progress until a real page is being formed and a beta-version is in sight ;)

• 2004-06-10
  Here are some findings about the Inbv*-APIs: click here!
  There's especially one problem with these APIs. The mode of the screen is 640x480 but the size of the text is presumably 640x450! Will have to investigate and work around this.
• 2004-06-09
  Wow, new possibilities emerge into the scene, the Inbv*-APIs exported by NTOSKRNL.EXE and ultimately calling into the Windows boot video "driver" BOOTVID.DLL. This DLL is available on the CD and now is the question how to load it if it's not loaded by default and how to get the stuff running ;)
  If this works (testing on Virtual PC 2004) then we have a fast solution and we may lateron introduce more video modes (I am still dreaming of VESA modes such as 80x60 and the like) with the same interface to the kernelmode, because an interface is anyway necessary to output strings using the Inbv*-APIs!
• 2004-06-08
  VideoPortInt10() can't do the job because it can only be called from within a video miniport driver starting with Windows 2000. Now trying to use Ke386CallBios() which is not documented - but which I could investigate on and reveal its prototype and use. Anyway, not yet success with wrapping the Ke386CallBios() function and calling into interrupt 0x10.
• 2004-06-07
  Found the API VideoPortInt10() by help of the NTDEV mailing list. It is supposed to be the solution for my problem with calling the BIOS interrupt 0x10.
• 2004-06-05
  Re-ordered the source to compile without the VC6 GUI.
• 2004-05-??
  During May Sebastian did some work on the password service which will lateron change the password of a chosen account.
• 2004-05-02
  Resumed work on ERD_SMSS after some months of suspended work.

Oliver aka Assarbad

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