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Hal Trachtenberg <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 1 Jun 2001 04:08:53 -0400
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If you remove the cmos battery for about 15 seconds, it will get rid of the
password and when you put the battery back in place the bios settings should
revert back to its default settings.


> > I wonder if there is another chance to get rid of that password
entirely -
> > I know, you can take out the battery to get rid of that password. But
then
> > it is said BIOS settings go back to default settings - does that mean
> > anything in case we never changed anything manually in the BIOS?Will it
> > work sort of on its own again afterwards or will we have to tell any
> > unknown strange settings to make the computer work again afterwards?
> >
> > TIA
> > Heidi Schröder
>
> Heidi
> I had a similar problem where I had entered a bios password and then
forgot
> about it, but when it came time to go into my bios I had  forgotten what
the
> password was. I was turned on to this program called KillCmos, which I
> downloaded from the FreePCTech downloads site and it got rid of the
> password. The actual link to the web page is
> http://freepctech.com/pc/002/files001.shtml

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