"BIOS" password

I think that is what it is called. It is a password which
appears before Windows 98 starts to load. I know the old
one, how do I change it? It is a Dell Dimension desktop
computer.

Watch the boot screen for the key to press to enter setup (the BIOS) and
once in, look around until you find the password.

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Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
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"Mike" wrote in message
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I think that is what it is called. It is a password which
appears before Windows 98 starts to load. I know the old
one, how do I change it? It is a Dell Dimension desktop
computer.

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

Enter BIOS Setup & change it's password.

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) Find the "Password" menu, & see what you can do with it.
(b) Hit ENTER, or whatever key shows in the legend to enable.
(c) Find & select "Accept changes & Exit" in the menus.

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.
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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

"Mike" wrote in message
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| I think that is what it is called. It is a password which
| appears before Windows 98 starts to load. I know the old
| one, how do I change it? It is a Dell Dimension desktop
| computer.

Mike wrote:

I think that is what it is called. It is a password which
appears before Windows 98 starts to load. I know the old
one, how do I change it? It is a Dell Dimension desktop
computer.

Hi,

As Ron Badour mentioned, it should say on the screen what key to press
to enter the BIOS; usually DEL, F1, etc., but it will vary. Once in BIOS
look for a heading for "security" or perhaps it's labeled "password
setup" or something to that effect.

Note that there are usually 2 passwords you can set, 1 to password
protect the BIOS only and 1 to password protect boot or system.

If you encounter a password to enter the BIOS and you don't know what it
is, then your next step would be to pull the internal battery for a
minute or two or perhaps a jumper setting to clear the CMOS(BIOS) and
thus wipe out the passwords.

Post back if you need more help.

mm