First off thank you all for being here and providing a great help.
Now my issue, which I think I have figured out, but just want to run up the flagpole.
I'm helping someone out who's son ( 8yr old ) has put some passwords on, and now can't remember ANY of them...
Latitude CP M233XT service tag *******-D35B
Locked out at bootup, got MASTERPW.exe to generate a password
Unlocked grey screen so I can get into BIOS
Unlocked HD
I get into setup but can't change password to unlock settings...
The unit boots up from HD only, if I pull HD then I get "no bootable device"
So I let it boot from HD
Now I get to logon screen on W2K, none of the passswords provided to me by owner work -
I pulled the hd and put it on USB adapter, I can read files fine from another W2K machine - but I don't dare rewrite anything on drive as I'm hoping to retrieve the W2K and office key in the event I am forced to reinstall.
I think my only course of action is to short pins 3 & 6 on 24CO2 chip during power up... - and that's where my plan ends.
I believe that clears the way for me to enter setup, change boot sequence and run my UBCD4win CD to get the keys and with anyluck retrieve old password and erase it.
Any further advice ? or have I parked this one too close to the cliff ??
Thanks in advance
_mez