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Subject: Get rid of boot password
Category: Computers > Security
Asked by: starkey-ga
List Price: $5.00

Posted: 03 Sep 2004 15:41 PDT
Expires: 03 Oct 2004 15:41 PDT
Question ID: 396595

I bought a Gateway Solo 9500 laptop and it has a boot password.  How
do I get rid of the password prompt?

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Subject: Re: Get rid of boot password
From: crythias-ga on 03 Sep 2004 19:32 PDT

do you know the password? If so, go to the bios after boot/password
(depending on the computer, this is Del, F1, or F2) and turn it off in
the Security section.

Subject: Re: Get rid of boot password
From: netrunner_2000-ga on 04 Sep 2004 16:40 PDT

most laptops will have a panel on the bottom if u take it off and hunt
around u should find a button battery, remove this and the password
will be cleared!!!
this is the same with desktop pc's too

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