Real Geek Forums  

Go Back   Real Geek Forums > Archives > Operating Systems > Windows Vista > Windows Vista Administration

Notices

Reply

bios password locked

 

LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 11-22-2007, 04:11 AM   #1 (permalink)
Default bios password locked

my computer is only a year old now,came with XP, spyware brought it down in
Aug reinstalled XP then in october upgraded to vista premium,NOW a few days
ago i wanted to go into my Bios and it was password locked ,my computer wont
let me in!! ( the Bois only) im the only one who uses this computer and i am
the original owner. Wierd stuff be going on like no antivirus programs will
run in safe mode, thats why i went to my bios to try to reset it to the
default Any suggestions other than another clean install??? vista premium,2
gigs ,250 hd, emachine
whtkia
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Reply With Quote  
Old 11-22-2007, 09:21 AM   #2 (permalink)
Default RE: bios password locked

Tanks to all who responded I did figure it out, it was a PITA but have a good
thanksgiving!!

"whtkia" wrote:
Quote:
> my computer is only a year old now,came with XP, spyware brought it down in
> Aug reinstalled XP then in october upgraded to vista premium,NOW a few days
> ago i wanted to go into my Bios and it was password locked ,my computer wont
> let me in!! ( the Bois only) im the only one who uses this computer and i am
> the original owner. Wierd stuff be going on like no antivirus programs will
> run in safe mode, thats why i went to my bios to try to reset it to the
> default Any suggestions other than another clean install??? vista premium,2
> gigs ,250 hd, emachine
whtkia
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Reply With Quote  
Reply

Tags
None

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Similar Threads

Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Locked Out! Despite Having The Right Password! newsgroups.comcast.net Windows XP Beta 0 09-25-2007 11:17 AM
password locked paul Windows Vista Administration 0 08-20-2007 09:12 PM
administrator locked/owner password preston Windows XP Accessibility 0 09-26-2003 12:16 AM
XP has setup its own password and locked me out. Stephen G. Windows XP Security & Administration 0 07-11-2003 05:58 AM
Never created a password yet locked out Pat Windows XP Security & Administration 1 07-07-2003 11:34 PM


All times are GMT. The time now is 06:54 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.1
Copyright ©2000 - 2008, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright © 2005 - 2007 RealGeek.com. All rights reserved.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90