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HID Global Crescendo C1150 – Administration Guide

November 2013

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© 2013 HID Global Corporation. All rights reserved.

 Weak PIN values are not allowed (a PIN is considered weak if the difference

between consecutive characters is fixed – for example, 1234, ABCD, 86420,
acegik are considered weak PINs).

3. Click OK to return to your Windows session.

4.4.2 Change the PIN Code on Microsoft Windows XP

You can change your PIN code using the Microsoft PIN Tool (pintool.exe) included with the
Base Smart Card CSP Package (for further information, see

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909520

).

The PINTool.exe is located in the %WINDOWS%\system32 directory.

1. Insert a valid smart card into the reader.