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Smart Card Authentication

How to unblock a Gemalto Smart Card PIN

Overview

This article provides the steps required to restore access to a Gemalto Smart Card in the event that you have forgotten your Personal Identification Number (PIN) and get blocked.

Procedure

Follow the steps below:

Step

Action

1

Go to the Gemalto Web site to either unblock or change pin if you still remember your PIN.

Note: Use Internet Explorer (IE) when accessing the preceding web site.

2

  • If... You have a built-in card reader on your laptop…
    • Then… Insert your Gemalto card reader.
  • If… You do not have a built-in card reader on your laptop…
    • Then… Plug in an external card reader and make sure your computer installs the card reader driver so it will read the card once you have inserted it.

Note: The options on the web site will be available once you insert the Gemalto card in the reader.

3

Click Unblock PIN.

4

Fill out the Response / Authorization Code, New PIN, and Confirm New PIN fields. To generate the Response / Authorization Code, perform the following steps:

  1. Download this Response calculator tool.

  2. b. Unzip the file, and then double-click ResponseCalculator.exe.

  3. c. Enter the Challenge / Access Code found on the Gemalto Web site > Unblock PIN section, and then Calculate response.

LEGACY ID: HO3991

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