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Lake County Area 17 August 2019

Computer Enthusiasts Volume 36, Issue 04

By Dick Maybach, Member, Brookdale Computer User Group, NJ
www.bcug.com

n2nd (at) att.net
When preparing for a trip, think carefully about what you really
need. Every piece of gear you add is more weight to carry, another
thing to protect, and another distraction from visiting and sightsee-
ing. The goal should be to obtain the needed entertainment, com- Dean Kamen
munications, and navigation while minimizing your risk, inconven-
ience, and cost.
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Dan’s Desk

By Dan Douglas, President, Space Coast PCUG, FL
February 2019 issue, The Space Coast PC Journal INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Traveling with Electronics .................... 1
www.scpcug.org Partially Locked Laptop ........................ 1
datadan (at) msn.com Lake County Area Computer Enthu ..... 2
Phil’s Ramblings ................................... 3
This month I’ll look at an interesting situation of a partially locked PC Birthday’s .............................................. 7
that I picked up at a recent auction. One of the features that all PCs Honor Flight .......................................... 7
share is the ability to set a supervisor, master or boot PC password.
SPECIAL POINTS OF INTEREST
This is usually done for one of two reasons: a) to prevent users from “MEMBERS
inadvertently making a change to the BIOS (Basic Input Output Sys-
tem) of a PC that makes it vulnerable or less secure on a business HELPING
network or b) make it impossible to use if it is stolen. When booting
up a PC, you can access the hardware BIOS by pressing a specific MEMBERS”

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