-> I don't like editing the registry and _really_ don't like
-> messing with BIOS settings. 

-> Some years ago (over a decade) a helpline person for Gateway
-> gave me access to _engineering_ software to change the BIOS on
-> a Gateway. Thinking I knew what I was doing I totally disabled
-> that system and never did get it going again after that. :-\ 

As I recall form the "Old Days" sometimes a "Bad Burn"
ment replacing
the BIOS chip. There was NO recovery i nsome cases.
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