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From: mike@client1.DRETOR (Mike Cummings )
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: Re: clearing ps/2 pw, faces on screen (PC)
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Date: 6 Jun 90 14:02:33 GMT
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GLWARNER@SAMFORD.BITNET (The.Gar) writes:
>Dimitri -
>    I can't help you with your problem, other than to tell you that
>IBM's recommended procedure for a forgotten password USED TO BE to
>remove the battery from the motherboard (I had an original PS/2 70.)
>THIS HAS CHANGED, however, and they now have a "trick" that let's you
>quickly clear the password.  What one is now able to do, is unplug the
>speaker connector from the bus adapter card, and plug it in in the

	It seems to me that this is also a new way to compromise the
security of IBM equipment.  A better, more secure method of dealing
with the problem (ie. not a "trick") should be found and implemented.

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