Protecting CMOS

[P or K Bary]

Depending on the type of PC, you may be able to change a jumper on the
motherboard.  The documentation, or a call to the manufacturer should tell
you that.  On our Gateways, changing the jumper eliminated the statement at
bootup.  We have Dells that we've also protected this way.  If we forget to
lock up the CMOS setup on a PC our bright and innovative users find this
out very quickly (sigh).

Karen Bary
Microcomputer Coordinator
Arapahoe Library District
Littleton, Colorado
ksbary at csn.net or bary at qadas.com




At 06:33 AM 2/18/98 -0800, Dwight McInvaill wrote:
>Here's the problem...You all know how your computer sends up information
>about Windows etc. when you first turn it on.  Well, we have a computer
>in our law library and we would like to eliminate that option of
>entering "Setup - F2".  
>
>As you know, if a user hits that F2 button very quickly, he then has
>access to the CMOS etc.  We have tried the "User" password and the
>"Supervisor" password systems, but they do not provide the protection
>necessary.  We need to eliminate that statement from flashling on when
>it first appears.  Please send your answers immediately. Thank you.
>