hey any one can help me here,i have windows xp professional , to make use of unlimited broadband usage i had activated the rtc clock(in BIOS)to start the computer automatically when my free usage will start. At first it worked fine, but i needed to start the windows xp without admin logon directly so that my dowload manager can start automatically and i dont have to wake up at 0200 hrs in the morning, Also when i hibernated it, windows and download manager without logon started but it did not show the downloading program o the screen but showed only the logon screen. But still i had to come at 0200 to click my mouse on the logon button. While this was a problem another problem has creeped up now recently, i could not change the RTC time in my BIOS setting simply because when i press DEL button at start up computer does not go to setup but goes to windows startup screen directly. Del button does not seem to work at startup . I have a MErcury SIS board with following details keyboard seems to be good. Computer ID : FC, SubTyp: 02, BIOS-Level: 116 Rechnertyp : AT,typ ??, Konfigurationsbyte $70 Maustreiber : Microsoft kompatibel, Version: 08.00 Maustyp : InPort-Maus auf IRQ2 Bus : ISA Hauptspeicher : 640 KB, davon verfügbar : 640 KB Extended Memory : 1024 KB BIOS Datum : 07/21/06 AMI-BIOS gefunden : Version 01.00, Datum 21.07.06 Processor : 686: PPro, PentII, Pent III, Athlon, Cyrix 6x86, etc. BIOS : 512 KB, Reference Number: 00 OEM ID : 1131 = Elitegroup Computer URL : http://serv.ecs.com.tw/pm/bios.html Chipset : SIS661XX Maus via KeybCtrl : nein Takt-Umschaltung : nein Cache-Umschaltung : nein BIOS Modified Flag : 0 MP-BIOS gefunden

You don't have to change the time from the CMOS, changing it from Windows will accomplish the same thing You say 'DEL' doesn't work - - did it ever? Is that in fact the correct method for your machine? (it's not universal) I'm not one of those who think Bill Gates is the devil. I simply suspect that if Microsoft ever met up with the devil, it wouldn't need an interpreter.

You have a Mercury name brand system, but your mboard is made by ECS. It's probably one of the ones starting with 661 here: http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Do... Those mboards use the Del key to enter the bios Setup - you're supposed to press it immediately after the initial post sequence. If you're not sure when that is, try pressing the Del key repeatedly, don't hold down the key, immediately after you start or reboot the computer.