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At 03:29 PM 21/11/96 -0500, Hui-Hsien Chou wrote: >Hi, is it possible that my ThinkPad can forget my own password? I set >my password the first week I had my ThinkPad and never changed it in >the following nine months. After I was not using it for over a week, I >can't get pass the resume password and power on password any more >(they are set as the same). I NEVER changed my password. So why? > >I was running Linux 1.2.13 before I close the ThinkPad cover. The >ThinkPad was hooked to external power. Is it possible that some system >error can inadvertently modify the CMOS memory address where password >is stored? Please let me know if you have had the same spontaneous >password invalidating experience. I am going to ask EASYSERV for >service and I need to convince them that I didn't forget my password; >this thing just refuses to accept my good old password anymore. > >By the way, does anyone got IBM EASYSERV phone number handy? > >Thanks in advance. > >hh > > This may seem like a simple solution but, I had a similiar problem with a HP palmtop computer and the problem was that the password was case sensitive and the cap locks were on. This similiar situation occurs on a thinkpad when the embeded numeric keypad is turned on. IE: You press the J key and get a 1. Regards Robert Stevens