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I have never saw this before. I have had an old, outdated, yet
perfectly good working c500 compaq. I don't remember the model, but lately, something happened while my niece was using it. she is a young little tot, and only goes on the computer to use the paint program. Well, one day, it wouldn't let her on the computer at all. At bootup, you see a graphic resembling a key. If the wrong password is pressed, it shows an "X" between the key, meaning that the key is not complete You get three chances to enter the right password, or it crashes the system, and you cannot do anything but reset the system and try again. I don't know how the password was put in. It's anyone's guess how it got in there, or what it is. Does anyone know any info that would be usefull to me to enter the right password? Can i reset the password? any help would be greatly appreciated! thanks!! |
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Is this a password displayed by Windows after it has started up, or is it a BIOS
CMOS password before Windows even gets a chance to load? If the former, you can down load Pettar Nordahl-Hagen's free password cracker to remove the Windows password. If the latter, I'm not sure what a C500 is, but if it is a desktop computer, open up the chassis, unplug the wall current, remove the coin-sized C2032 battery, and let the computer sit for maybe an hour. This should be enough time for all the motherboard CMOS information to lose its electrical charge and become in-valid. Thereafter, insert the battery again, power up the computer, and wait for it to determine that the CMOS settings are bad. Then enter the CMOS setup menus, reset everything to defaults, and the system should be good to go. Notebook computers often require vendor-authorized service and proof of ownership to reset passwords... Ben Myers On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:46:50 -0700, wrote: I have never saw this before. I have had an old, outdated, yet perfectly good working c500 compaq. I don't remember the model, but lately, something happened while my niece was using it. she is a young little tot, and only goes on the computer to use the paint program. Well, one day, it wouldn't let her on the computer at all. At bootup, you see a graphic resembling a key. If the wrong password is pressed, it shows an "X" between the key, meaning that the key is not complete You get three chances to enter the right password, or it crashes the system, and you cannot do anything but reset the system and try again. I don't know how the password was put in. It's anyone's guess how it got in there, or what it is. Does anyone know any info that would be usefull to me to enter the right password? Can i reset the password? any help would be greatly appreciated! thanks!! |
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On Aug 13, 6:20 am, Ben Myers
wrote: Is this a password displayed by Windows after it has started up, or is it a BIOS CMOS password before Windows even gets a chance to load? If the former, you can down load Pettar Nordahl-Hagen's free password cracker to remove the Windows password. If the latter, I'm not sure what a C500 is, but if it is a desktop computer, open up the chassis, unplug the wall current, remove the coin-sized C2032 battery, and let the computer sit for maybe an hour. This should be enough time for all the motherboard CMOS information to lose its electrical charge and become in-valid. Thereafter, insert the battery again, power up the computer, and wait for it to determine that the CMOS settings are bad. Then enter the CMOS setup menus, reset everything to defaults, and the system should be good to go. Notebook computers often require vendor-authorized service and proof of ownership to reset passwords... Ben Myers On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:46:50 -0700, wrote: I have never saw this before. I have had an old, outdated, yet perfectly good working c500 compaq. I don't remember the model, but lately, something happened while my niece was using it. she is a young little tot, and only goes on the computer to use the paint program. Well, one day, it wouldn't let her on the computer at all. At bootup, you see a graphic resembling a key. If the wrong password is pressed, it shows an "X" between the key, meaning that the key is not complete You get three chances to enter the right password, or it crashes the system, and you cannot do anything but reset the system and try again. I don't know how the password was put in. It's anyone's guess how it got in there, or what it is. Does anyone know any info that would be usefull to me to enter the right password? Can i reset the password? any help would be greatly appreciated! thanks!!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - i meant an Intel Celeron 500 mhz when saying "c500". Thanks for the info!! I will for sure try it and i hope it works! thanks again! Rick |
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