Linksys WRT54GC lost/forgotten username password recovery

• WRT54GC is a compact 802.11g access point (AP)
• A new AP was bought to extend range, but the customer support center refused to give details of the username and password for activating the new AP.
• After a while, restarted the older WRT54GC with the working settings, logged into the web page and ran a backup "settings" option on the host machine. This saves a file on the host machine,as  a binary file.
• Ran a hexdump utility, like dd on unix with the ASCII option, and one can clearly see the username and password.
• Maybe this option will work on other routers too. Tried this on an WRT54G and all settings can be seen after using the hexdump utility.

Acer Aspire One 150 battery recognition problem

• Acer Aspire One AOA150-AB (Linpus: Linux version) does not recognize the battery if the machine is not used for a reasonably long time. So no charging of battery, no booting either.
• After rebooting, the battery charge light stays orange for some 5 minutes and then continuously starts blinking orange roughly with a period of 2-3 seconds. Linux does not provide the battery stats, but says the battery is present. This device is used infrequently and this is the second time it has happened.
• Some forums talked about replacing batteries, etc and hinted it might be a BIOS problem.
• Downloaded the bios from this location here. 
• Had to create a windows USB boot disk using the instructions from here. 
• Extracted the BIOS file into the USB drive and then booted into Windows on the AOA.
• Invoked the Repair Windows option and finally got into Command prompt and ran the Insyde flash tool provided by the Acer site. Upgraded BIOS from 3.5 to 3.10, the version says 3310.
• Booted into Linux and the battery is recognised now and is charged fully. Have to test it again in a bit.