OK. So it's not a problem. Usually, cmos passwords aren't used by blind folks. But, if you chose to use it then there is no problem with that. On Sat, 23 Jun 2001, Kenny Hitt wrote: > Hi, it is prompting me for my password. This is mormal. When I got the > system, I set the password to prevent the system from booting. If I hadn't > done that, I would have lost the system when I made the mistake of dating a > woman who turned out to be a preditor. When things got violent, she ended > up with the laptop. Since she couldn't boot it, it was returned. > The password has nothing to do with my problem. > > Kenny > > > On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 06:59:44PM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote: > > It doesn't sound to me like there's any particular problem. The shutdown > > from Windows behavior you describe is just all too common. While it may > > have many causes, it is absolutely correct that the next boot include a > > run of scandisk. That is how it should be. > > > > The business about your cmos password is another matter. Is it trying to > > get you to set a password in cmos? Or did you ever set such a thing and > > now it wants you to enter it? In most cases, blind users should avoid cmos > > passwords like the plague--because you won't have speech during cmos. > > > > But, what are you doing to get into cmos? It shouldn't come up unless you > > request to get into cmos via whatever command does that on your system. > > On > > Sat, 23 Jun 2001, Kenny Hitt wrote: > > > > > Ok, here goes. > > > First, up until June 12, the laptop was a Windows only system. I always ran > > > software speech, so I didn't have any feedback until the system reached the > > > desktop. > > > The computer has two problems which might or might not be related. Both > > > problems are intermitent. They occurr about every month to two months. > > > One problem, is sometimes the system will crash during a Windows shutdown. > > > The system will start shutting down, but hang just before it powers off. > > > When this happens, and I go ahead and press the off button, Windows will > > > run scandisk the next time I boot. The system usually boots with > > > no problem. That problem seems to occure after I've installed or uninstalled > > > software in Windows, so I've always thought it is a Windows problem. > > > > > > Second problem: > > > When you power on the system, you hear the drive power up, BIOS prompts me > > > for my password, and you hear the drive start to access. However, the access > > > stops responding imediately, and won't boot. When this happened in late > > > April, I just left it until a friend came by to read the screen. The message > > > on the screen said that Windows was booting in safe mode. It hung just after > > > it printed that message. If I power it off, and back on four or five times, > > > it will finally boot and the problem won't happen again for a month or two. > > > When it happened yesterday, I had a DOS floppy, so I booted up with it. > > > Unfortunately, I've been brain dead lately, so I didn't have a floppy with > > > ASAP. For the last two weeks, when I needed to boot to DOS, I've just run ASAP > > > from the Windows partition on drive C:. When it failed this time, I booted with the DOS floppy, and tried to switch to drive C:. The system just beeped at > > > me after I type the c: command. Once again, powering it off and back on > > > finally got it to boot. I now have a ASAP floppy for the next time! > > > > > > Kenny > > > > > > On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 04:35:01PM -0500, Gregory Nowak wrote: > > > > Backup and wait a minute. > > > > What kind of a problem are > > > > you specifically referring to. > > > > Tell us exactly what happens and > > > > in what sircumstances if any particular ones. > > > > Greg > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 04:24:48PM -0500, Kenny Hitt wrote: > > > > > Hi, my laptop is having intermitent hardware failure. When I used windows, > > > > > I thought it could be a bad driver. Now that I have Linux installed, I know > > > > > for sure it is hardware. Specifically, my hard drive. My question is: > > > > > since I always hear the drive power up, is it more likely to be the controler, > > > > > or could it just be the hard drive. > > > > > > > > > > When it happened this morning, I didn't have a DOS floppy with ASAP to varify > > > > > what message it displayed. I've got one now for the next time it happens. > > > > > > > > > > One other thing, after trying to boot 4 or 5 times, it came up with no > > > > > problem. This behavior is consistant any time it happens. > > > > > > > > > > Kenny > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > -- > > > > Janina Sajka, Director > > Technology Research and Development > > Governmental Relations Group > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > > > Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > > http://www.openebook.org > > > > Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, > > Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.html > > > > Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther > > King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at > > http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp > > > > Learn how to make accessible software at http://www.afb.org/technology/accessapp.html > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.html Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp Learn how to make accessible software at http://www.afb.org/technology/accessapp.html
