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Is this the windows password you are talking about?

While it is starting up keep tapping F8

you will get to a menu. choose "safe mode". Dont be worried if a whole load of text flows down the screen and it looks screwy. Click "administrator", login and delete your password. Then reboot back into normal mode.

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No, its not a WIndows' Password. its on boot up.
Can u help?

Is this the windows password you are talking about?

While it is starting up keep tapping F8

you will get to a menu. choose "safe mode". Dont be worried if a whole load of text flows down the screen and it looks screwy. Click "administrator", login and delete your password. Then reboot back into normal mode.

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no, its not a windows' password. boot up password

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If its the bootup password then you are in trouble. On most desktop pcs you can disable this in two ways, either by removing the BIOS battery (looks like a watch battery, on the motherboard) or by setting some jumpers on the motherboard.

I dont know how you would do this on a laptop or if its even possible (i know that onesome buisness laptops like IBM thinkpads that if you forget the syatem password, thats it, you need a whole new motherboard or hard disk)

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Laptops have cmos batteries too.. simply take it out, and put it back in.

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or run kill CMOS if you can boot from a CD.

KILL CMOS

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He cant. Its a power on password and I advise against that program. It fried the motherboard on my compaq

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so it did KILL your CMOS? and here i thought it just re-wrote checksum headers...

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lol..

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so it did KILL your CMOS? and here i thought it just re-wrote checksum headers...

Killed my BIOS. It goes : error no BIOS data found and dies. I think it wiped the bit where the main BIOS info is stored (where you flash) instead of just wiping the settings

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I suggests you write your passwords down and keep them in a safe place where you wont lose them or forget about them

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Whats the point of even having a bios password to begin with.. unless its not your pc as your house or something.

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Most buisnesseses IT departments make them mandatory so that corporate data can not be stolen for sale

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i hate you

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