Computer freezing during boot up

[blazblaz]

My friend is using a Windows 98, and only she is using the computer. Today she suddenly had a problem during boot up. At very very beginning, when you just see the basic information about processor, at the line when the system is checking the NVRAM, suddenly on the black screen appears text: ENTER CORRECT PASSWORD:. and you can not go further. Nobody set her computer to ask for any password, yesterday she was working without problem on this computer. You can not use ENTER, or ESCAPE key in order to go further, computer is blocked. Is it possible that the computer got some virus previously through diskette, (she has no Internet connection) and the problem started just now?You can not even use Function keys to run Windows in SAFE mode, becasue Password is required before you can stopp WIndows 98 for Safe mode. Any suggestion?

 

[Kento]

That's a bios password you got there. Try the cmos/bios password program (cmspwd15.zip) here and see if it'll find the password:

http://www.simtel.net/pub/pd/50218.html

If it finds it, enter the password then restart and go into your bios and remove the password then save the changes and exit. To get to the bios, on most computers you would keep tapping the del key at startup.

Another option to remove the password would be to remove the cmos battery on the motherboard for awhile then put it back in. That would clear the cmos and remove the password. But try that program above first.

 

[TigerFlight]

Get the manual for the MOBO. There should be a jumper on the MOBO to reset the bios info. Should clear the password. ^Tiger_Flight
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