Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 00:01:58 +0000
From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Removing boot password in BIOS
I've found lots of posts on how to reset a Lib boot password in the archives
if it's been forgotten. But I see nothing about just resetting it to no
password at all at boot if you do know the existing password.
I can't even access the BIOS/Setup screen at boot anymore after having set
the password a couple of weeks ago. I don't know if EZ-bios is getting in
the way.
I can use the DOS utility in Windows to access the settings. However I
still can't figure out how to reset the password so that I'm not prompted
for it at boot.
I found this procedure for clearing the password in the archives. Is this
the only way you can removed the thing after it's been set:
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This is what you need:
1. Your notebook
2. An empty formatted diskette (720 kb or 1,44 mb)
3. A second computer (e.g. a DOS desktop PC)
4. A hex-editor (e.g. Norton DiskEdit or HexWorks)
This is what you have to do:
1. Start the desktop PC and start the hex-editor
2. Put the disk in drive A:
3. Change the first five bytes of sector 1 (boot sector is sector 0) to: 4B
45 59 00 00
4. Save it! Now you have a KEYDISK
5. Remove the disk from drive A:
6. Put the disk in the notebook drive
7. Start the notebook in Boot Mode (push the reset button)
8. Press Enter when asked for Password:
9. You will be asked to Set Password again. Press Y and Enter.
10. You now see the BIOS configuration where you can set a new password.
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However I don't want to reset the password. I want to disable the system
from asking for one.
Thanks for any feedback on this,
Matt
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