Need Firmware Password Utility

Why was Firmware Password Utility removed from the Leopard installation DVD? I need to have it on the computers I am setting up and not just the DVD. The current way I'd need to boot all 300 computers I need to set up with it off of the DVD to set up Firmware protection, the old way it was available as an app I could just have in my utilities folders that I could run from my admin account. Ideas? suggestions?, help?...

Hi Longtime, the file is on the DVD just hidden.You can get to it for copying back to your hard drive this way:
Mount the leopard install disk (in my case it's name was "Mac OS X Install Disc 1")
Then in the Go menu, select " Go to Folder... " and Type /Volumes/Mac OS X Install Disc 1/Applications/
That will open up the applications folder on the DVD and then you can navigate into the Utilities folder and there is your file.
Hope this helps,
Jamy

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