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Forgotten Password

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asrcomputers (TechnicalUser)

2 Mar 00 2:23

I have a client that forgot the power-on password for his thinkpad 701 2630 IBM.
I am not used to working with notebooks
and I am unsure of the procedure for
cancelling the password. I normally just
short out the cmos, but this is much different than the PC's I work on.

kb244 (Programmer)

2 Mar 00 9:07

Off the top of my head i wouldnt know, but best places to look are in the User manual, or online at the manufactuers website(copanies like Dell will have full specification documentations online)

Karl
kb244@bellsouth.net

Technician (MIS)

3 Mar 00 2:24

Your laptop may have a user replaceable CMOS battery. Check your manual and unplug the battery. You may need to leave it unplugged for quite awhile.

Gordon Yuen

RacerX66 (TechnicalUser)

8 Jun 00 17:43

you might want to try deleting the .PWL files

kb244 (Programmer)

8 Jun 00 19:20

RacerX, we're talking about the comptuer's password, not Window's password.

Karl
kb244@kb244.8m.com

Experienced in , or have messed with : VC++, Borland C++ Builder, VJ++6(starting),VB-Dos, VB1 thru VB6, Delphi 3 pro, Borland C++ 3(DOS), Borland C++ 4.5, HTML,Visual InterDev 6, ASP(WebProgramming), QBasic(least i didnt start with COBOL)

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