One more question: Thinkpad 600E

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One more question: Thinkpad 600E

#1 Post by titantiger » Tue Jan 22, 2008 8:36 am

When I replaced that CMOS battery, it prompted me to do the date and time and such but somewhere in all of that, I set a password in the BIOS. I think there was a master password, a hard disk one and a supervisor one. I set them all the same and I know what it is, but I'd like to just get rid of it. It's a pain and there's no need for it. How do you clear your password so it isn't required when waking from sleep and so on?

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#2 Post by Wingnut » Tue Jan 22, 2008 8:53 am

Hold down the F1 key while booting to get into set-up. Then click on the password icon to change your password settings.
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#3 Post by titantiger » Tue Jan 22, 2008 8:58 am

Wingnut wrote:Hold down the F1 key while booting to get into set-up. Then click on the password icon to change your password settings.
Well, I did that, but I didn't see a way to clear the password altogether. It wouldn't let me leave the field blank.

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#4 Post by whizkid » Tue Jan 22, 2008 11:11 am

Download and read the User Guide for that machine from Lenovo. But I think you clear some of them by adding a space character when you enter the password. Some of them can be cleared in EZSetup.
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#5 Post by Wingnut » Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:04 am

titantiger wrote:
Wingnut wrote:Hold down the F1 key while booting to get into set-up. Then click on the password icon to change your password settings.
Well, I did that, but I didn't see a way to clear the password altogether. It wouldn't let me leave the field blank.
1) Go into easy setup.
2) Click on password icon
3) Click on the one that is locked (supervisor?)
4) Type in correct password and add a space after it.
5) Hit enter and a new box will appear. This is where you would put a new password if you wanted to change it.
6) Hit enter again without putting in a new password and it will remove the password
7) Watch the locked icon change to unlocked
8) Smile , you're done :)
TP 600 2645 51U PII upgraded to 400mhz and 416mb RAM - First backup - Gone
TP 600E 2645 4BU PII 400mhz and 548mb RAM - Second Backup - Gone
TP 600X 2645 5EU PIII 500mhz and 589mb RAM - New Back-up
TP T-23 2647 ??? PIII 1.13G and 1GB of RAM + Wifi - Just got it :)

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#6 Post by titantiger » Wed Jan 23, 2008 9:31 am

Thanks. I actually did that right before you posted your message. Dug around and found it in the User's Reference. Worked like a charm.

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