creating a password

I posted the question as to how to create a password that
will prevent someone from using my computer a startup.
Doug was kind enough to suggest that I go into Bios Setup
and enter a password. Unfortunatly, I don't know how to
access Bios Setup. Can someone tell me how to do this?

(1) Here are some BIOS sites I have collected at this NG...
http://www.bioscentral.com/ BIOS Central
http://www.extremetech.com/article/0...%3D1614,00.asp
BIOS Info
http://www.itcp.net/~awsh/ BIOS & hardware Optimization Guide
ftp://ftp.heise.de/pub/ct/ctsi/ctbios15.zip ctbios Identify BIOS
http://www.cgsecurity.org/ BIOS manipulator, Password recoverer

(2) Enter BIOS Setup & set a password. Some BIOS won't have it. Some
BIOS may have two. There may be a BIOS password that prevents entry into
BIOS, & one that prevents a boot to the OS (Operating System).

You must press a key at boot to enter BIOS Setup. If you don't know the
key to press, try "Esc" at the manufacturer's logo. Then, the key to
press to enter BIOS setup will show up. Quickly press it. For this
Compaq, it is F10.

In BIOS, use TAB & the arrow keys to navigate, & ENTER to select. (Well,
there may be a legend showing your keys are different.)

(a) Look for the various Password Menus, & set them.
(b) Find & select "Accept changes & Exit" in the menus.

BURN THEM INTO YOUR MEMORY, or you will need to remove your CMOS battery
to ever get into that machine again. Better do as stated in the next
paragraph.

While in there, you'd better go through all the menus & jot down the
settings. If they are not set to defaults, and somehow, someday, they
are cleared, all these settings will have to be input again.

.......Start.....something from Candlin about it........
Usually DEL, but F1, F2, F10 are also common.

Other keystrokes which might work a

AMI BIOS: Del key during the POST
DTK BIOS: Esc key during the POST
Award BIOS: Ctrl-Alt-Esc
Misc BIOS: Ctrl-Esc
Phoenix BIOS: Ctrl-Alt-Esc or Ctrl-Alt-S
IBM PS/2 BIOS: Ctrl-Alt-Ins after Ctrl-Alt-Del

If all else fails, shut down, power off, unplug the keyboard,
and power up again, as some older systems will default
to the CMOS Setup if a keyboard is not found.
.......End........................................ .......................


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Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"jean" wrote in message
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| I posted the question as to how to create a password that
| will prevent someone from using my computer a startup.
| Doug was kind enough to suggest that I go into Bios Setup
| and enter a password. Unfortunatly, I don't know how to
| access Bios Setup. Can someone tell me how to do this?