Cindy.
> Hello again everyone! I have a problem (again). My co-worker at work
> gave me her old IBM thinkpad 600. She said she had it a long time. But
> she did not remember the password to get into it! i tried what she
> thought the password was it did not work. It boots up and then has the
> little "lock" icon requiring a password. Can anyone PLEASE PLEASE
> help me to get past the password and get into the OS? Is there a
> generic password? Why the heck does IBM do this? It makes it
> impossible if you were to lose or forget the password.
I thnk that passwords are optional. So it is not IBMs fault. Do you know
whether this is the bios password? If so I'd guess that removing the CMOS
battery would clear it. Unfortunately a laptop computer is not as easy to
get into as a desktop.
Jim
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