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BootPlus/Important
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
Some of these files were originally commercial releases in the 1980s and 1990s, but they are now widely available online. I assume that copyright over them is no longer being asserted. If you own the copyright and would like files to be removed, please contact me.
| Tape/disk: | Home » Archimedes archive » Acorn User » AU 1997-07 A.adf » Extras |
| Filename: | BootPlus/Important |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 03B5 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
This file tells you how to recover from a password protected system where you (the owner) has forgotten your password. PRINT OUT THIS FILE, KEEP THE HARDCOPY SAFE, THEN DELETE IT Recovery is : 1. As soon as the desktop appears press and HOLD DOWN the F12 key until the command line prompt appears. 2. Enter the following commands : Wipe <Boot$ToBeTasks>.!Bootplus R~C WIPE <Boot$ToBeTasks>.!zzzzpass R~C ACCESS <Bootplus$Dir>.Resources.KillRiscPC RW OBEY <Bootplus$Dir>.Resources.KillRiscPC 3. Re-start your machine. 4. Open up "!Bootplus". (Owners know how to do this !!). 5. Open up the "Resources" directory. 6. Unprotect and delete the "Options" file. If you now start !Bootplus it will be in "no password" mode. All user definitions will be preserved. It may be that there is a setup/application already in your !Boot sequence which disables F12. Check this first by trying step 1 BEFORE enabling passwords in !Bootplus.
00000000 54 68 69 73 20 66 69 6c 65 20 74 65 6c 6c 73 20 |This file tells | 00000010 79 6f 75 20 68 6f 77 20 74 6f 20 72 65 63 6f 76 |you how to recov| 00000020 65 72 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 61 20 70 61 73 73 77 6f |er from a passwo| 00000030 72 64 20 70 72 6f 74 65 63 74 65 64 20 73 79 73 |rd protected sys| 00000040 74 65 6d 20 77 68 65 72 65 20 79 6f 75 20 0a 28 |tem where you .(| 00000050 74 68 65 20 6f 77 6e 65 72 29 20 68 61 73 20 66 |the owner) has f| 00000060 6f 72 67 6f 74 74 65 6e 20 79 6f 75 72 20 70 61 |orgotten your pa| 00000070 73 73 77 6f 72 64 2e 0a 0a 50 52 49 4e 54 20 4f |ssword...PRINT O| 00000080 55 54 20 54 48 49 53 20 46 49 4c 45 2c 20 4b 45 |UT THIS FILE, KE| 00000090 45 50 20 54 48 45 20 48 41 52 44 43 4f 50 59 20 |EP THE HARDCOPY | 000000a0 53 41 46 45 2c 20 54 48 45 4e 20 44 45 4c 45 54 |SAFE, THEN DELET| 000000b0 45 20 49 54 0a 0a 52 65 63 6f 76 65 72 79 20 69 |E IT..Recovery i| 000000c0 73 20 3a 0a 0a 31 2e 20 41 73 20 73 6f 6f 6e 20 |s :..1. As soon | 000000d0 61 73 20 74 68 65 20 64 65 73 6b 74 6f 70 20 61 |as the desktop a| 000000e0 70 70 65 61 72 73 20 70 72 65 73 73 20 61 6e 64 |ppears press and| 000000f0 20 48 4f 4c 44 20 44 4f 57 4e 20 74 68 65 20 46 | HOLD DOWN the F| 00000100 31 32 20 6b 65 79 20 75 6e 74 69 6c 20 74 68 65 |12 key until the| 00000110 20 0a 20 20 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 20 6c 69 6e | . command lin| 00000120 65 20 70 72 6f 6d 70 74 20 61 70 70 65 61 72 73 |e prompt appears| 00000130 2e 0a 32 2e 20 45 6e 74 65 72 20 74 68 65 20 66 |..2. Enter the f| 00000140 6f 6c 6c 6f 77 69 6e 67 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 |ollowing command| 00000150 73 20 3a 0a 20 20 20 57 69 70 65 20 3c 42 6f 6f |s :. Wipe <Boo| 00000160 74 24 54 6f 42 65 54 61 73 6b 73 3e 2e 21 42 6f |t$ToBeTasks>.!Bo| 00000170 6f 74 70 6c 75 73 20 52 7e 43 0a 20 20 20 57 49 |otplus R~C. WI| 00000180 50 45 20 3c 42 6f 6f 74 24 54 6f 42 65 54 61 73 |PE <Boot$ToBeTas| 00000190 6b 73 3e 2e 21 7a 7a 7a 7a 70 61 73 73 20 52 7e |ks>.!zzzzpass R~| 000001a0 43 0a 20 20 20 41 43 43 45 53 53 20 3c 42 6f 6f |C. ACCESS <Boo| 000001b0 74 70 6c 75 73 24 44 69 72 3e 2e 52 65 73 6f 75 |tplus$Dir>.Resou| 000001c0 72 63 65 73 2e 4b 69 6c 6c 52 69 73 63 50 43 20 |rces.KillRiscPC | 000001d0 52 57 0a 20 20 20 4f 42 45 59 20 3c 42 6f 6f 74 |RW. OBEY <Boot| 000001e0 70 6c 75 73 24 44 69 72 3e 2e 52 65 73 6f 75 72 |plus$Dir>.Resour| 000001f0 63 65 73 2e 4b 69 6c 6c 52 69 73 63 50 43 0a 33 |ces.KillRiscPC.3| 00000200 2e 20 52 65 2d 73 74 61 72 74 20 79 6f 75 72 20 |. Re-start your | 00000210 6d 61 63 68 69 6e 65 2e 0a 34 2e 20 4f 70 65 6e |machine..4. Open| 00000220 20 75 70 20 22 21 42 6f 6f 74 70 6c 75 73 22 2e | up "!Bootplus".| 00000230 20 28 4f 77 6e 65 72 73 20 6b 6e 6f 77 20 68 6f | (Owners know ho| 00000240 77 20 74 6f 20 64 6f 20 74 68 69 73 20 21 21 29 |w to do this !!)| 00000250 2e 0a 35 2e 20 4f 70 65 6e 20 75 70 20 74 68 65 |..5. Open up the| 00000260 20 22 52 65 73 6f 75 72 63 65 73 22 20 64 69 72 | "Resources" dir| 00000270 65 63 74 6f 72 79 2e 0a 36 2e 20 55 6e 70 72 6f |ectory..6. Unpro| 00000280 74 65 63 74 20 61 6e 64 20 64 65 6c 65 74 65 20 |tect and delete | 00000290 74 68 65 20 22 4f 70 74 69 6f 6e 73 22 20 66 69 |the "Options" fi| 000002a0 6c 65 2e 0a 0a 49 66 20 79 6f 75 20 6e 6f 77 20 |le...If you now | 000002b0 73 74 61 72 74 20 21 42 6f 6f 74 70 6c 75 73 20 |start !Bootplus | 000002c0 69 74 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 69 6e 20 22 6e |it will be in "n| 000002d0 6f 20 70 61 73 73 77 6f 72 64 22 20 6d 6f 64 65 |o password" mode| 000002e0 2e 20 41 6c 6c 20 75 73 65 72 20 0a 64 65 66 69 |. All user .defi| 000002f0 6e 69 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 |nitions will be | 00000300 70 72 65 73 65 72 76 65 64 2e 0a 0a 49 74 20 6d |preserved...It m| 00000310 61 79 20 62 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 72 65 |ay be that there| 00000320 20 69 73 20 61 20 73 65 74 75 70 2f 61 70 70 6c | is a setup/appl| 00000330 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 61 6c 72 65 61 64 79 20 |ication already | 00000340 69 6e 20 79 6f 75 72 20 21 42 6f 6f 74 20 73 65 |in your !Boot se| 00000350 71 75 65 6e 63 65 20 77 68 69 63 68 0a 64 69 73 |quence which.dis| 00000360 61 62 6c 65 73 20 46 31 32 2e 20 20 43 68 65 63 |ables F12. Chec| 00000370 6b 20 74 68 69 73 20 66 69 72 73 74 20 62 79 20 |k this first by | 00000380 74 72 79 69 6e 67 20 73 74 65 70 20 31 20 42 45 |trying step 1 BE| 00000390 46 4f 52 45 20 65 6e 61 62 6c 69 6e 67 20 70 61 |FORE enabling pa| 000003a0 73 73 77 6f 72 64 73 20 69 6e 0a 21 42 6f 6f 74 |sswords in.!Boot| 000003b0 70 6c 75 73 2e |plus.| 000003b5
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