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Accessing BIOS - IBM Thinkpad

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by palmore electric

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(Yes, I know it's a dinosaur; I use it for field work, though.) I cannot access BIOS to reset long-forgotten password on an IBM Thinkpad running Windows XP to start from CD for password reset.

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by oh smeg

These things have a separate IC on the M'Board to store this [i]"Security Data"[/i] and you need to take it to a IBM Service Agent to remove the Password.

People who where Pi$$ed off with their Bosses used to set a Password and walk away without giving anyone the Password thus rendering the system useless. ;)

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