BIOS

[Bob Watson]

Been working with McAfee Internet Security and when I run
a security check a message is received that says CPU
serial number has been disabled. I've talked to McAfee
and they say there is a way to enable and disable this
number by chaning a setting in the computer BIOS. Can
you tell me how to access the computer BIOS and change
this setting.

[Earl F. Parrish]

"Bob Watson" > wrote in message
...
> Been working with McAfee Internet Security and when I run
> a security check a message is received that says CPU
> serial number has been disabled. I've talked to McAfee
> and they say there is a way to enable and disable this
> number by chaning a setting in the computer BIOS. Can
> you tell me how to access the computer BIOS and change
> this setting.

As I stated there is no Serial Number available for the BIOS to read
in the Celeron CPU. Just ignore the message. You can enable the
setting in the BIOS but there will be no output for the operating
system to read. How you get into your BIOS setup is computer
dependent. You have to look at your first computer screen when
booting to see what key to press to get into the BIOS. Once you are
in, you'll have to look around to find the setting. You have to be
careful farting around in the BIOS. You could make your computer
inoperable.

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Earl F. Parrish

[Tom Della-Latta]

Why would you want to?

Tom

"Bob Watson" > wrote in message
...
> Been working with McAfee Internet Security and when I run
> a security check a message is received that says CPU
> serial number has been disabled. I've talked to McAfee
> and they say there is a way to enable and disable this
> number by chaning a setting in the computer BIOS. Can
> you tell me how to access the computer BIOS and change
> this setting.


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