krispyfi
October 29th, 2005, 10:39 PM
I am at the end of my rope. This morning a was fooling around with my BIOS setup, and just for fun I decide to increase my security by using a wicked password. It includes numbers, upper and lower-case letters, and exactly ONE apostrophe. So I reboot, get a password prompt, and my password doesn't work. Odd. A little google-fu on another computer reveals that OMG TOSHIBA IS STUPID. You can't have non-alphanumerics in your password. So much for security. So now I'm stuck. I tried the alt+039 for the apostrophe, but I have no keypad on my laptop so who knows if that worked. I also tried the loopback device described here (http://www.cgsecurity.org/index.html?cmospwd.html) but for some reason it doesn't work, even though I used a multimeter to check the continuity of the pins.
I am ready to scream. Does anybody have any ideas? I will do anything short of giving Toshiba one cent for this (my warranty is expired). Yes, I know I was stupid, but Toshiba builds its stupidity into every laptop.
Thank you for letting me vent...:oops:
I am ready to scream. Does anybody have any ideas? I will do anything short of giving Toshiba one cent for this (my warranty is expired). Yes, I know I was stupid, but Toshiba builds its stupidity into every laptop.
Thank you for letting me vent...:oops: