Gerry,

For an Award BIOS try, AWARD_SW (case sensitive) this should even override
a set password. If not, also try j262.

If this does not work, I have a program which is "supposed"
to read the password for an Award BIOS.

Good luck.

Steven Walley
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At 09:48 PM 6/23/99 +0100, you wrote:
>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
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