Those instructions are for a really old ThinkPad, around the 600 series. Note the references to "Easy Setup" and a "Password icon" that is supposed to appear *after* you go into Easy Setup.
Instead, press F1 at boot time (when the ThinkPad logo appears) to go into the BIOS setup. Select Security and you can change the passwords there. You have have power-on and supervisor passwords along with the hard drive password. There's no use of the space bar in the password setting screens - it's all Enter to move from field to field. -Mike On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 8:16 AM, Andrew Webber <[email protected]> wrote: > I want to change the HD password (the first one that comes up) on my > T41p. I know the current password, I'm lending the computer to someone > and don't want to give them it. > > I found instructions here http://home1.gte.net/johnfull/n57.htm which > appear to be a copy&Paste from IBM's site. I don't know if I have both > HD and Power-On password, I just enter one password at the lock icon > and then it goes into windows. > > Based on the instructions, I tried to change the password by typing > OLD-PASSWORD [space] NEW-PASSWORD [enter] and got an error. > > I tried removing the password by typing > OLD-PASSWORD [space] [enter] and got an error. > > How do I change the password? > > Thanks! > > -- > Andrew mailto:[email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
