"Gino trhumbul" <serget68@msn.com> wrote:

I would guess that a BIOS virus protection option is turned on and
needs to be turned off. Is there really a password protecting the BIOS
setup program? I haven't heard of that trick!

Your first stop is the documentation for your computer (or
motherboard, if you bought that separately). That should tell you what
to do to reset a password, whether the one must be supplied to get the
machine to boot, or the one you describe that guards entry into the
setup routine. If you can't find that documentation, a Google search
might work for you.

If all else fails, remove the BIOS battery for a few minutes. This
will cause the BIOS to forget *everything* it knows, including the
passwords. You may have to reenter some data into the BIOS, especially
information about your floppy drives. (With automatic detection of
hard drives, you don't have to worry much about configuring them.)

--
Tim Slattery
MS MVP(DTS)
Slattery_T@bls.gov