Is there a way into to get into the CMOS from the OS? We use pcs (compaq and ibm) to control industrial machines. Many now have power management options that are set in the CMOS. It is important that these power management options are disabled. Before we ship a configuration checker (perl script) is run which verifies the pc's state. I can't get to the CMOS settings and presently require the technicians to intercept the boot and check these settings via the CMOS/BIOS setup screens. Thanks for any ideas. ____________________________________________________________________ Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/perl-win32-users