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  How to reset / unlock ZKTeco Biometric device from Admin Affirm Password using the Tamper button ZKTeco Access Control and Attendance devices are taking a large space among other access control brands, because there are easy to install and use, and also thanks to their good quality/price advantage. Anyway, when you install a new ZKTeco device you need to protect its menu access by an Administrator password (known as Supervisor ), so that only authorized persons can change and adjust the device settings. However, when the administrator is gone without leaving the information about how to open the ZKTeco device's menu, this can be a big problem for you if you are the new "Admin". So when you press the menu button you will get the famous message on the device screen : Admin Affirm . In a previous post I have explained how to unlock ZKTeco Device from Admin with two different ways (which can work with a lot of ZKTeco models) :  Using Attendance Management software over t...

Reset ZK Attendance Management Software Admin Password INTRODUCTION : ZKTeco (ZKT) Attendance Management Program (or zktime 5.0) is the classical software for managing biometric and attendance devices of the famous manufacturer ZKTeco. Until today so many people (including me) are still using it because it's easy to maniuplate in the eyes of the customers (Boss, HR Manager, Secretary...etc) By default when you run this software it doesn't ask for login or password, so in order to prevent any malicious actions by strangers (or intruders from the company itself!!), you can configure an "administrator" to secure the attendance management program. And so everytime the customer (the user) runs the software it will ask for login and password to have access to it. HERE IS THE PROBLEM : But sometimes - for some reasons - you (the software admin) may forget these credentials (login & password) and cannot open the attendance management program anymore. This issue can happen...

 Reset/Eliminate Admin Affirm Password from ZKTeco biometric machine (ALL POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS) Scenario introduction : When you install a new ZKTeco Attendance device, register the users and set all the settings (network connection, date & time adjustment...) this device remain open for everyone who wants to access its main menu and change these settings. To prevent the device data from being modified by an unauthorized person, the installer must set an Admininstator for it. This Administrator can be one of the employees such as the HR Manager, the Attendance Manager, in this case the administrator can open the device menu with his fingerprint/ID Card,  it can be an independent user account (not an employee) and so to access the menu , it must be done with an ID and password. The thing is when the Administrator is not longer working for the company (he resigned or change his position or fired), the new attendance manager find himself/herself stuck with a locked device ...