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DELL laptop Password - Forgotten
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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.
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.
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Originally Posted by jbennet 
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.
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)
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)
Last edited by jbennet; Jun 13th, 2007 at 4:59 pm.
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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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