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LOCKUP Utility Problems and solutions(CP 5/18/94
OS2LOCK.FAX LOCK UTILITY PROBLEMS
READ ENTIRE FAX AND USE THE SOLUTION FOR YOUR SYMPTON
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SYMPTONS:
1) If you forgot your OS/2 Lockup password
2) Your password is not being recognized
3) Unable to exit from lockup or you are in loop
SOLUTION:
1) Do a shutdown from the desktop menu, or POWER OFF (if you
are unable to do a proper shutdown), or press and hold down,
CTRL + ALT, and press DEL with the Installation Diskette in
the bootable drive.
2) Put diskette #1 in drive when prompted and press <enter>.
3) When the WELCOME screen appears, press ESC to cancel.
4) At this point you should be at a A: Prompt
5) At A: command prompt type "X:" <enter>
where X: is where OS/2 resides, C:, D:, etc)
6) Type, "CD \OS2" <enter>.
7) Type "ATTRIB OS2.INI -R" <enter>.
8) Type "MAKEINI OS2.INI LOCK.RC" <enter>.
9) Type "ATTRIB OS2.INI +R" <enter>.
10) WHEN you see MAKEINI SUCCESSFUL, take diskette out of the
drive and reboot the machine.
You should now be able to reset the password. If you have any
problems with this procedure contact 1-800-992-4777.
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SYMPTONS:
1) If your lockup automatically locks up and you don't want it
to automatically lockup
2) If you want to change or adjust settings for lockup
SOLUTION:
1) Go to desktop and click on blank space of desktop with right
mouse button and desktop pop-up menu will display
2) Click on the arrow in open --> with left mouse button and it
will display the settings
3) Click on LOCKUP tab with left mouse button and it will display
the settings for lockup
4) **If you do NOT want automatic lockup enabled, click with left
mouse button, have bullet in NO AUTOMATIC LOCKUP
**If you want to change or enable another settings, click
with left mouse button, and enable the one you want.
**If you want to change the timeout, click on the right side
arrow and adjust the minutes to your choice.
5) Double click on the little icon in the upper left hand corner
to close the notebook.
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express or implied. IBM will not be responsible for any direct,
incidental, consequential, special or indirect damages. IBM
EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
The use of this information or implementation of any of these
techniques is the sole responsibility of customer and depends on
the customer's ability to evaluate and integrate this information
or implementation into the customer's operational environment.
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