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From: D. Gwyn Jones Fileshare 2 development, Products Group.
DGJ at NWB, GBHFFWHF at IBMMAIL, e-mail: dgj@mfltd.co.uk
Subject: Re: Poweron passwords
>Wow! That's complicated. Try this for protection:
>How to override password on 360 (well I've accidentally done it twice so far)
>(1) hibernate computer
>(2) remove floppy drive
>(3) when you wake it back up, it'll beep (expecting to find a floppy?),
>give an error code, then you'll be back to where you hibernated from, and
>not be prompted again for the password.
I seem to remember my poweron password mysteriously just "disabled itself" on
a couple of occasions, but it wasn't anything to do with hibernation. If I
remember correctly, I got a hardware error on bootup (didn't note the number)
and simply switching off and on again appeared to clear my bootup password.
Regards, Gwyn. Micro Focus Ltd Tel. (44) (0)1635 565294
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