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Aptiva - Disabling F5, F8; Not allowing AUTOEXEC.BAT & CONFIG.SYS to be bypassed
Applicable to: United States
MS-DOS 6.0 allows you to bypass both AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS by pressing the F5 key as you are starting your computer. This can disable the effectiveness of some password-protection schemes.
In order to disable this feature, add the following line to CONFIG.SYS: SWITCHES=/N. This line disables both the F5 and F8 keys, which allow you to modify your startup configuration during the boot process.
NOTE
This line can be placed anywhere in CONFIG.SYS.
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DOS/Windows 3.x | |
Date Created |
23-04-97 | |
Last Updated |
23-03-99 | |
Revision Date |
23-03-2000 | |
Brand |
IBM Aptiva | |
Product Family |
Aptiva, PS/1 | |
Machine Type |
2011, 2144, 2168, 2121, 2123, 2133, 2155 | |
Model |
2R5; 2R7; 2R8; M30; M35; M50; 2R6; 4R7; 4R8; M40; M54; M58; 1R2; 66P; 67P; 86P; OR8; 1R1; 1R3; 1R5; 22P; 24P; 25P; 27P; 29P; 63P; 67P; 82P; 83P; OR6; OR7; OR9; 1R0; 1R1; 26P; 62P; 2R0; P30; C01; C34; M01; NEA; T35; U35; A62; A82; A94; B82; C42; C92; G42; M82; S92; 081; 087; 131; 137; K37; N31; N81; 11E; 13T; 14C; 16E; 17A; 18A; 18T; 19C; 21C; 23C; 28A; 46M; 51D; D50; G11; G13; G43; G46; G46; G49; G49; G50; G53; M40; M40; M46; M46; P11; P13; P43; P50; P53; R04; R05; R06; R09; R38; R42; R43; R44; R84; R86; R87; RO3; S11; S13; S43; S45; S45; S47; S47; S48; S48; S50; S53; W11; W13; W42; W42; W43; W45; W45; W50; W53; 20E; 22T; 24C; 24M; 28V; 39E; 41T; 43C; 45V; 48E; 50T; 52C; 55V; 72E; 74T; 76C; 78C; 79C; 81A; 82E; 84T; 86C; 87C; CC1; D53; G14; G44; G52; G54; G72; G76; G78; G82; NM1; P14; P44; P57; P71; P74; P76; P78; P84; R14; R15; R16; R17; R18; R51; R52; R57; R58; R62; R63; R67; R71; R89; R93; R96; R97; S14; S44; S50; S54; S70; S75; S76; S78; S80; W14; W44; W48; W54; W67; W76; W77; W78; Z33; 28V; 31E; 33T; 37C; 38C; 51E; 54T; 56C; 57C; 88V; BB1; G57; G87; OR1; OR3; OR4; OR5; P89; R28; R29; R31; R74; R78; R82; R98; S55; S85; SR1; US1; W52; W82 | |
TypeModel |
2011C01 | |
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