On Fri, 7 Jan 2000, Andrew T Kelley wrote: > > > > Have your tried Alt-Ctl-Del or Alt-Ctl-Esc or the DELETE key > > > Tried with ESC, never DEL I'll try those thanks. > > > Usually the display SAYS what to press - this one doesn't. > > > > In many BIOSs there's an option to suppress that prompt, Phoenix may > > well be one of them. > > > > I have PHOENIX BIOS and it the access(and prompt) can be disable... Then how do you get it to change/fix things? There has to be a way should the CMOS get corrupted so you can't boot to a utility but still retain the lockout. Robert --Robert.Rolf@UAlberta.ca "If 'debugging' is the process of removing errors, then 'programming' must be the process of putting them in".