Bios password

Or maybe it's god?

Just make sure the real owner of the pc doesn?t see you do it
They may call the cops

Take a look at the role the poster claims, then look at the country. He claims to be a consultant and asserts he is from Uganda. A bios password is a nuisance and controls things like the boot order in most cases. The IBM T41 may be one of the IBM machines that had to be sent to the factory to change the bios PW if you did not have the current pw. Unless set to administrative PW on boot, a machine does not need the pw to boot or load software. The users membership date and post shows that he is a newby. This may be his first machine. The machine itself is a 1.6 gig cpu and came with a 40 gig HD showing it is an older machine, approx 3 to 5 years.

I can understand his position, but not yours because in previous posts you assume the machine is not his, then you imply that the bios password is needed to boot or load programs. Since you just posted a response to me in another forum showing incoming traffic when the post dealt with outgoing traffic, and because your post here seem out of line, I have to ask how many pamplets in Cracker Jacks boxes did you read before you came to IT?

Yes they can be a nuisance
But there is a reason for them

This poster has not given any good reasons why we should help him
Not unless you can mind read

Have you heard of a power on password
They are a lot of fun believe me
Not all are reset if the battery is removed

Col

In the main. I just disagreed with what the assumptions were, or appeared to be.

Did I pass the test?

Have to ask the teacher if I passed the test.

As far as any password goes.
They can be looked on as part of an overall security scheme or system.
Then you have the law and how the judge may see it.
I prefer to treat password questions with suspicion.

You never know who may be viewing these posts.
Anybody can sign up to TR and post a question even the law.
The FBI or other agencies.
US law or some other part of the world.

I feel help with passwords are best left up to the repair shops.

I find it hard to believe that anyone who is an IT professional does not know how to solve the simple problem of a BIOS password.

ERD Commander and other software used to bypass security may be seen as illegal in some places and TR is open to the world

I have used the power on BIOS passwords
They are very good at stopping the teenagers who have endless confidence and no clue, from screwing up the family PC

I would hate to see someone who was trying to be helpful in these forums end up in court

Col

I have an IBM X31 which i need to get into?

It is locked at BIOS and i have tried so many codes and key presses but nothing is working!!

Any advice would be wicked

Thanks

Chris

I think that the T41's needed to be shipped to IBM to recover/reset the BIOS password. Call IBM, they will be able to assist you if you are the legitimate owner. Good Luck!