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- OSWPLKUP - LOCKUP UTILITY PROBLEMS in OS/2 2.X and WARP
- 10/19/94
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- LOCKUP UTILITY PROBLEMS
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- Please Read Entire Document For Full Explanation of Procedures
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- SYMPTOMS:
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- You forgot your OS/2 Lockup password
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- Your password is not being recognized
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- Unable to exit from lockup or you are in loop
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- PROCEDURE:
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- FOR OS/2 WARP:
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- 1. Turn the system off for 30 seconds, and then turn on the
- computer.
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- 2. When a small white box appears in the upper left-hand corner
- of your screen, press Alt+F1.
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- 3. When the Recovery Choices screen appears, press C.
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- 4. Change from drive A: to the drive on which OS/2 is installed.
- Type: X: and press Enter
- Where X: is where OS/2 resides, C:, D:, etc.
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- 5. Change to the OS2 directory.
- Type: CD \OS2 and press Enter.
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- 6. Type: MAKEINI OS2.INI LOCK.RC
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- 7. Press Enter.
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- 8. Restart the computer.
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- FOR OS/2 2.x:
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- 1. Perform shutdown. If you're unable to shutdown, turn the
- system off for 30 seconds.
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- 2. Insert the Installation Diskette in drive A:
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- 3. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart the system if you shutdown.
- Turn the computer on if you turned it off.
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- 4. When prompted, remove the Installation Diskette and insert
- Diskette 1 and press Enter.
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- 5. When the Welcome Screen appears, press Esc to display the A:
- prompt.
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- 6. Type: X: and press Enter.
- Where X: is where OS/2 resides, C:, D:, etc)
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- 7. Type: CD \OS2 and press Enter
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- 8. Type: ATTRIB OS2.INI -R and press Enter.
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- 9. Type: MAKEINI OS2.INI LOCK.RC and press Enter.
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- 10. Type: ATTRIB OS2.INI +R and press Enter
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- 11. When the "MAKEINI SUCCESSFUL" message appears, remove the
- diskette and restart the machine.
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- You can now reset the password. If you have any problems with
- this procedure contact OS/2 Customer Support at 1-800-992-4777.
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- SYMPTOMS:
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- Lockup automatically locks up and you don't want it to
- automatically lockup.
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- You want to change or adjust settings for lockup.
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- PROCEDURE:
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- 1. Click with right mouse button on an empty area of the desktop
- to display pop-up menu.
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- 2. Select the arrow to the right of Open.
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- 3. Select Settings.
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- 4. Select the Lockup tab.
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- 5. Select No Automatic Lockup, if you do not want automatic
- lockup.
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- You can change other setting, including Timeout, click on
- the right side arrow and adjust the minutes to your choice.
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- 6. Point to the title-bar icon and double click to close the
- notebook.
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