I agree. The only way to do this would be to take it all apart (easy to take apart but a pain to put back together again) and remove the cmos battery for a short period. There are some "cmos crack" programs on the web but I have never used them. If you can prove ownership, the manufacturer will do this for you for a service charge or they may have a back-door password. Manson Northwest Webster-Home of the Cougars! Brad Kruse ("`-''-/").___..--''"`-._ Tech. Coord. `6_ 6 ) `-. ( ).`-.__.`) 1601 15th St. (_Y_.)' ._ ) `._ `. ``-..-' Manson, IA 50563 _..`--'_..-_/ /--'_.' ,' 712-469-3919 (li),' ((!.-' Fax 712-469-3131
>>> Karl Hehr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 12/18/2006 8:41 AM >>> Ok, I have a laptop that I want to wipe and restore. Currently runs WIndows XP Pro, normally this would not be an issue BUT the student set a bios password. I need to know how to get around this. Since I did not set up the laptops please do not give me a hard time for allowing students access to this. :) Karl Hehr District Technology Coordinator South Hamilton CSD Jewell, IA --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus on the server aea8.k12.ia.us] --------------------------------------------------------- Archived messages from this list can be found at: http://www.mail ( http://www.mail/ )-archive.com/info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us/ ---------------------------------------------------------