Admin password and the update on miising drives

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I am a bit embarrassed on the post on missing cdroms and flash memory stick.
I have that tweakui program for XP and i deleted or unchecked i guess the
drives over G i figured i didnt need them, wrong.
I need help an another real problem. I did some work on a friends computer
and when she was here i told her she should put in an admin password when i
was i cmos. I have to go back to cmos and cannot get in, the password she
put in doesnt work.
How can i override it and get in to put another one in. I installed xp over
ME if that makes a difference. The password was put in with ME.
HELP pl,ease
Bruce


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Hi Bruce,

A BIOS password is not dependent on the installed operating system. To clear
the existing one, you should check the motherboard manual. Usually, it
involves either removing the CMOS battery or temporarily shorting a jumper.

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"Bruce Lawrence" <blawrence@shaw.ca> wrote in message
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>I am a bit embarrassed on the post on missing cdroms and flash memory
>stick. I have that tweakui program for XP and i deleted or unchecked i
>guess the drives over G i figured i didnt need them, wrong.
> I need help an another real problem. I did some work on a friends computer
> and when she was here i told her she should put in an admin password when
> i was i cmos. I have to go back to cmos and cannot get in, the password
> she put in doesnt work.
> How can i override it and get in to put another one in. I installed xp
> over ME if that makes a difference. The password was put in with ME.
> HELP pl,ease
> Bruce
>
>
> ---
> Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
> Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
> Version: 6.0.766 / Virus Database: 513 - Release Date: 17/09/2004
>

 

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Bruce Lawrence wrote:
> I need help an another real problem. I did some work on a friends computer
> and when she was here i told her she should put in an admin password when i
> was i cmos. I have to go back to cmos and cannot get in, the password she
> put in doesnt work.
> How can i override it and get in to put another one in. I installed xp over
> ME if that makes a difference. The password was put in with ME.
> HELP pl,ease

Try pulling the motherboard battery, then jumper the two pins by the battery
slot.. that should clear any bios passwords..