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David,

I'm not aware of a "backdoor" password for Award BIOS.  That's not to say
there isn't one.  However, I feel it is more likely your students have
downloaded a BIOS password cracker from the net.  They're readily available,
just do a search.  If that is the case, you may never be able to keep them
out of the BIOS unless you can find and delete the password cracker.  Of
course they'll just download it again.

No easy solution to this - What about it list members??

Good Luck,
Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: David Spencer <[log in to unmask]>

>I wrote a message earlier about Bios passwords. The problem is not that
I've
>forgotten the passwords, the problem is that some students have found out
>what the "backdoor" password is for Award.
>This being the case, no matter what password I put into the system, the
>students are able to get into the BIOS using the "backdoor" password that
>Award uses. What I want is a way to prevent them from using this password
>and getting into the bios. Any help would be greatly appreciated. TIA
>

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