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i have been given an acer pc but as soon as i boot it after the acer screen
appears it asks me for my password, i have been given the password but i
want to get rid of this screen. It comes up before the user accounts
password and it is a blue screen , can someone tell me how to get rid of it
please ?I've tryed factory defaulting it but to no avail. TIA

"PWB" wrote in message
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i have been given an acer pc but as soon as i boot it after the acer
screen appears it asks me for my password, i have been given the password
but i want to get rid of this screen. It comes up before the user
accounts password and it is a blue screen , can someone tell me how to get
rid of it please ?I've tryed factory defaulting it but to no avail. TIA


Sounds like a BIOS password. Have you tried setting it to nothing?

"A Nother" wrote in message
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"PWB" wrote in message
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i have been given an acer pc but as soon as i boot it after the acer
screen appears it asks me for my password, i have been given the password
but i want to get rid of this screen. It comes up before the user
accounts password and it is a blue screen , can someone tell me how to
get rid of it please ?I've tryed factory defaulting it but to no avail.
TIA


Sounds like a BIOS password. Have you tried setting it to nothing?
how do i do that please only the password for the BIOS I cant find

"PWB" wrote in message
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"A Nother" wrote in message
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"PWB" wrote in message
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i have been given an acer pc but as soon as i boot it after the acer
screen appears it asks me for my password, i have been given the
password but i want to get rid of this screen. It comes up before the
user accounts password and it is a blue screen , can someone tell me how
to get rid of it please ?I've tryed factory defaulting it but to no
avail. TIA


Sounds like a BIOS password. Have you tried setting it to nothing?
how do i do that please only the password for the BIOS I cant find



BIOS utility

The BIOS utility is a hardware configuration program built into your

computer's BIOS.

Your computer is already properly configured and optimized, and you do not

need to run this utility. However, if you encounter configuration problems,
you

may need to run it.

To activate the BIOS utility, press F2 during the POST; while the notebook
PC

logo is being displayed.

Boot sequence

To set the boot sequence in the BIOS utility, activate the BIOS utility,
then select

Boot from the categories listed at the top of the screen.

Enable disk-to-disk recovery

To enable disk-to-disk recovery (hard disk recovery), activate the BIOS
utility,

then select Main from the categories listed at the top of the screen. Find
D2D

Recovery at the bottom of the screen and use the F5 and F6 keys to set
this

value to Enabled.

Password

To set a password on boot, activate the BIOS utility, then select Security
from

the categories listed at the top of the screen. Find Password on boot: and
use

the F5 and F6 keys to enable this feature

"PWB" wrote in message
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Sounds like a BIOS password. Have you tried setting it to nothing?

how do i do that please only the password for the BIOS I cant find

When the computer boots up it usually flashes a message saying "Press F2 for
setup" or similar. Otherwise you have to look up the mother board / bios
info on line.

"A Nother" wrote in message
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"PWB" wrote in message
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Sounds like a BIOS password. Have you tried setting it to nothing?

how do i do that please only the password for the BIOS I cant find

When the computer boots up it usually flashes a message saying "Press F2
for setup" or similar. Otherwise you have to look up the mother board /
bios info on line.

Hold the F2 key down when you start the computer. Let got when it beeps.

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"A Nother" wrote in message
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"PWB" wrote in message
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i have been given an acer pc but as soon as i boot it after the acer
screen appears it asks me for my password, i have been given the
password but i want to get rid of this screen. It comes up before the
user accounts password and it is a blue screen , can someone tell me
how to get rid of it please ?I've tryed factory defaulting it but to no
avail. TIA


Sounds like a BIOS password. Have you tried setting it to nothing?
how do i do that please only the password for the BIOS I cant find



BIOS utility

The BIOS utility is a hardware configuration program built into your

computer's BIOS.

Your computer is already properly configured and optimized, and you do not

need to run this utility. However, if you encounter configuration
problems, you

may need to run it.

To activate the BIOS utility, press F2 during the POST; while the
notebook PC

logo is being displayed.

Boot sequence

To set the boot sequence in the BIOS utility, activate the BIOS utility,
then select

Boot from the categories listed at the top of the screen.

Enable disk-to-disk recovery

To enable disk-to-disk recovery (hard disk recovery), activate the BIOS
utility,

then select Main from the categories listed at the top of the screen. Find
D2D

Recovery at the bottom of the screen and use the F5 and F6 keys to set
this

value to Enabled.

Password

To set a password on boot, activate the BIOS utility, then select Security
from

the categories listed at the top of the screen. Find Password on boot: and
use

the F5 and F6 keys to enable this feature

thanks i did it before your post by trial and error because i knew how to
get into the B IOS so I had a look around in the security tab and sorted it
but thank for the info.

"Ralph2" wrote in message
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On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 06:49:30 GMT, "A Nother"
wrote:


"PWB" wrote in message
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i have been given an acer pc but as soon as i boot it after the acer
screen appears it asks me for my password, i have been given the
password
but i want to get rid of this screen. It comes up before the user
accounts password and it is a blue screen , can someone tell me how to
get
rid of it please ?I've tryed factory defaulting it but to no avail. TIA


Sounds like a BIOS password. Have you tried setting it to nothing?

You need to enter the BIOS settings... to do that hold F2 as the
computer boots. Then navigate to security passwords
Then elect to change the password... enter nothing in the new space
you will be asked to repeat the password... again nothing. You will be
asked to input the old password... Exit and save settings.. Reboot...
should be good.
Good luck
Note.. "nothing" means just that.... leave it blank or else your new
password will be nothing
yes that what i did after i got a reply the first time , i dont why I didnt
look there firstly (ah well you learn by your mistakes)

'PWB[_2_ Wrote:
;796522']i have been given an acer pc but as soon as i boot it after the
acer screen
appears it asks me for my password, i have been given the password but
i
want to get rid of this screen. It comes up before the user accounts
password and it is a blue screen , can someone tell me how to get rid
of it
please ?I've tryed factory defaulting it but to no avail. TIA

you should cancel the access control in control panel




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anyue