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Date:	Fri, 20 Dec 2002 23:41:55 PST8
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: How do I recognize or reset ...

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In <1040436340-0-Info@SYNass.NET>, on 12/20/02
at 12:05 PM, "Info2SYNass.NET" said:

>OS/2 is already running and everthing is fine except user logon because
>I cannot remember any User ID nor their PWD's ;-((
>Normally there is one with ADMIN / password but this is not
>working here ;-(

Oh, you mean the LAN passwords. Try USERID and PASSWORD in case you reset
them.

To reset to the defaults replace \ibmcom\accounts\net.acc with a pristine
copy from the CD. If you pay attention to the details, you can even
transplant one from a working machine.

Steven

>steve53@earthlink.net on 20.12.2002 19.25.01
>Please respond to scoug-help@scoug.com
>To: scoug-help@scoug.com
>cc:
>Subject: SCOUG-Help: How do I recognize or reset ...

>In <1040410969-0-Info@SYNass.NET>, on 12/20/02
> at 05:02 AM, "Info2SYNass.NET" said:

>>... the USER-ID's and PWD's from an HDD of an old system ?

>I'm not exactly sure which userid and password you are talking about.
>There are BIOS passwords which can be reset by clearing the MB BIOS using
>a jumper on the MB. I vaguely recall that some Thinkpads had the option
>to password protect the removable drives. Is the what you are talking
>about? If so, my memory said that the reset had to be done by a service
>center because the procedure is proprietary.

>A bit more info on the notebook model might help my memory.

>Steven

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