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- From: gleasont@lonex.rl.af.mil (Todd C. Gleason)
- Subject: Re: DTK 486/33 password
- Message-ID: <1992Jul24.165021.24522@lonex.rl.af.mil>
- Organization: RL
- References: <1992Jul20.205224.2112@polaris.utu.fi>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 16:50:21 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul20.205224.2112@polaris.utu.fi> katuulos@polaris.utu.fi (Kalle T. Tuulos) writes:
- >I've been using a DTK 486/33 since last December on my workplace. When I got
- >that machine, I immediatelly put a password so that no one else but
- >me could mess with BIOS settings. Now, I'm leaving that work place
- >due to military service and I've completely forgotten what that
- >password was. I've tried about 200 different words which would be the
- >logical ones, but no use.
- > There is no battery or accumulator on motherboard, so I can't simply
- >remove it for couple of minutes and so wipe CMOS clean.
- > Has anyone encountered similar problems? Any suggestions how to go
- >forward? Is there any program which could help me?
-
- It looks to me like if you knew how to password-protect your machine that
- well, you should be marketing what you *didn't* forget! You can't floppy-
- boot?
-
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