NVR RESET Help

faran

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If i was to hard reset the nvr by exporting the XML file.. Sending this to my seller will this also reset the passwords for all camera.

I have the following NVR

NVR DS-7608NI-K2 / 8P

Firmware Version: v3.4.104, Build 190128
 

alastairstevenson

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Assuming a hard reset from Hikvision as you don't know the admin password. As it's possible to do the hard reset yourself if you have the admin password -

Sending this to my seller will this also reset the passwords for all camera.
The camera passwords would then be orphaned.
Your cameras should be fine. Only the config on the NVR will be affected.
You will no longer know the password of the cameras if the NVR used its own password to activate them, which is the default.

Here is an interesting little self-service trick to extract a forgotten or unknown NVR password with PoE ports : Alternative way of recovering HikVision NVR password
 
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