XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com   
      
   In alt.comp.os.windows-11, on Tue, 20 Jan 2026 19:57:44 +1100, Daniel70   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 20/01/2026 1:44 pm, micky wrote:   
   >> Any point to password protecting the bios if only 3 people in the   
   >> household, and 2 know nothing about bioses?   
   >   
   >So one person is protecting their computer from themselves. Not much use!   
   >   
   >However, if you were wanting to protect your Data from so burglar ....   
   >then maybe!! (if you are a pessimist!!)   
   >   
   >If you were wanting to protect your data from someone who is   
   >semi-computer literate, then Password Protecting might be useful ....   
   >but then, all your burglar would need would be a USB drive with Linux   
   >installed on it.   
      
   Thanks, all of you. I can use this information to look respectful when I   
   talk to him. His parents and I are visiting him in the mental ward today   
   at 5.   He probably wants me to use it to send money to scammers, whom   
   he trusts for some reason, even though he knows there are liars in the   
   world.   he's a fine person, but his mind doesn't work right.   
   >   
   >> I just finished a 40 minute phone call iwth a 37 yo friend, the son of   
   >> friends, who is locked in the mental ward of a nearby hospital and who   
   >> has such problems for at least 18 years,.  And his words were indeed   
   >> full of craziness, but i need to show that I take his wishes seriously,   
   >> even if I don't actually fulfill them.   
   >>   
   >> But I need advice:   
   >>   
   >> Is there any point to password protecting the BIOS on a windows machine   
   >> if you live only with your parents who love you (although he's having   
   >> doubts abou that now), and who also wouldn't know how to modify the BIOS   
   >> either to break it or to fix it even if they tried.  IOW, who know   
   >> nothing about the BIOS.   
   >>   
   >> I see why he password protected windows, for privacy, but it seems to me   
   >> he's just looking for trouble with the BIOS, in that he may forget his   
   >> own password. Woudn't that be a big problem?  Well, I guess maybe even   
   >> that woudln't matter because if it's currently set correctly now, the   
   >> computer will continue to work, even if some change is later   
   >> recommended, right?   
   >>   
   >> He told me the passwords and I wrote them down. Is it still likely I can   
   >> easily remove the BIOS password now, so it doesn't cause problems in the   
   >> future (this assumes I will at some point touch his computer, which is   
   >> not very likely, but again, I want him to know I take him seriously   
   >> (when it's possible, and here it seems possible).)   
   >>   
      
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