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"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. |
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"BIOS" password
Watch the boot screen for the key to press to enter setup (the BIOS) and
once in, look around until you find the password. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Mike" wrote in message ... 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. |
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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. .......End........................................ ....................... -- 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 ... | 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. |
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"BIOS" password
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 |
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