Cant change bios

[George Masters [MSFT]]

The BIOS password is, of course, unrelated to Windows -
this is a hardware issue. None the less:

If you have lost (or accidentally set) the password, you
will have no recourse but to reset it. Generally, this is
done by changing the position (or installing) a jumper on
the motherboard, erasing all of the BIOS settings.

When you do this, you will lose the other settings (boot
device order, disk drives enabled/parameters, etc), and
need to set this information up again.

If you have questions about this process, you can
generally find pretty good support information by
searching on the internet using your board's (or the
computer, if it is a brand-name machine) model number
and/or the mfgr.

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.

>-----Original Message-----
>I cant change bios because it wants a password that i
>never made... WTF this happens after holding f10 at
>startup
>.
>

[Kent W. England [MVP]]

A Microsoftie who uses the web newsreader. Tsk. Tsk.

If you use Outlook Express, you get a decent Re: on your reply and when
you reply, you get a better included post with headers and threading for
others who read your posts.

--
Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows



"George Masters [MSFT]" > wrote in
message ...

> The BIOS password is, of course, unrelated to Windows -
> this is a hardware issue. None the less:
>
> If you have lost (or accidentally set) the password, you
> will have no recourse but to reset it. Generally, this is
> done by changing the position (or installing) a jumper on
> the motherboard, erasing all of the BIOS settings.
>
> When you do this, you will lose the other settings (boot
> device order, disk drives enabled/parameters, etc), and
> need to set this information up again.
>
> If you have questions about this process, you can
> generally find pretty good support information by
> searching on the internet using your board's (or the
> computer, if it is a brand-name machine) model number
> and/or the mfgr.
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
> confers no rights.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I cant change bios because it wants a password that i
> >never made... WTF this happens after holding f10 at
> >startup
> >.
> >