I read the following post on another board and commented that it was
unlikely to work. The poster insists that he has used this procedure to
re-set the Admin  (Not BIOS) password on Win9x, ME and XP. Can anyone tell
me who's right?

"I know that the following will work on Win9x, WinMe, and Winxp but have
never had Win2k. I do know that this does not work on WinNT.

I've been told that you can find it using a linux boot disk but have not
tried that.

There are 2 ways and it depends on your computer's manufacturer. Open your
cpu and look at the motherboard. Locate your cmos battery. On some Dell's,
next to the battery is a jumper called pswd. Look at it through a magnifying
glass to remember the jumper settings and then remove the plastic sleeve
then turn on your computer briefly then turn it off then replace the plastic
sleeve and ensure the jumper settings are the same and then reboot. This
will erase your default admin password and when it asks for a password,
leave it blank.

The other way is to open the cpu and locate and remove the battery. Then
start up the cpu briefly then turn it off then replace the battery and
reboot. When the system reboots, go into the bios and reset the admin's
password since it is now blank.

Then reboot the computer and when it asks for the password, either leave it
blank or type in the password that you entered into the new bios settings.

Remember though, due to removing the battery, your clock and date settings
must be reset."

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