At 10:55 PM 6/23/99 +0000, you wrote:
>>From: Gerry Coburn <[log in to unmask]>
>>Subject: [PCBUILD] CMOS password
>>Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 21:48:05 +0100
>>
>>I maintain a variety of standalone computers in my school and have recently
>>found that one of my pupils has interfered with the CMOS settings and has
>>password protected his work. The BIOS is an Award version on an oldish
>>(c1993) PC marketed by Research Machines in the UK. The OS is Windows 95.
>>
>>Does anyone know how I can get around the password protection?
>>
>>TIA
>>
>>Gerry Coburn
>
>
>Solution A)  Get the password from the student.
>
>Solution B)  Open up the PC and short the jumper for resetting the CMOS.  If
>it is an older PC you may have to input drive parameters by hand.  I would
>verify make, model, and if possible cylinders, heads, and sectors of your HD
>while you have it open.  You will need to get into the CMOS and set
>everything back to the way it was.  If you are not sure of what is what in
>the CMOS, check www.tomshardware.com.  He provides some real good info on
>CMOS settings, what they mean, etc.
>
>Solution C)  Run from the room, pulling out your hair and screaming like a
>maniac.
>
This utility claims to be able to remove a password from the Bios: I have
seen it mentioned in several different places, but I have never actually
had a call to use it myself. Might be worth a try:

It's called KillCMOS:
at
http://thaiclub.hypermart.net/download/Detailed/438.html

Good luck

Eric Wertman

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