Did you try holding the shift key down to turn off the extentions first? Some
password protection will are run from ectenction and will shut down!
Brandy
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Duo/2400 List) wrote:
>
> At 6:45 PM -0500 3/29/01, Liliana wrote:
> >I got a PowerBook Duo from eBay a few weeks ago, very cheap $30 shipped.
> >The owner
> >was selling so cheap because it asks for a password when you turn it on.
> >HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What can I do???????? I don't have a dock or anything,
> >I could
> >swap the HD with the one from a PB165 but I can't get to open this thing,
> >other than
> >accessing underneath the keyboard. what can I do???
>
> Find out what software is protecting the access, e.g. FoolProof, At Ease,
> etc. Try booting with an external hard drive, and/or with extensions off,
> and maybe you can trash the software and format the internal hard drive to
> eliminate the problem. With FoolProof on an SE/30 hard drive, I had to
> find someone who was using the software to help me get around it.
> Paul
>
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