asks for password before log in?

[xbob627]

I had just got this lap top from a friend and when I turn it on it asks
for a password.........my friend was puzzled and said he didn't set
one...This is all before it even gets to to log in screen.after 4 tries
it says system is at a halt ..................any body out there know
how to get pass this ?

[Malke]

Post by xbob627
I had just got this lap top from a friend and when I turn it on it asks
for a password.........my friend was puzzled and said he didn't set
one...This is all before it even gets to to log in screen.after 4 tries
it says system is at a halt ..................any body out there know
how to get pass this ?

From your description, this is a BIOS password. *Someone* had to set it; a
BIOS password doesn't magically create itself. If your friend seriously
can't remember it, then possibly he can ask whoever *he* got the laptop
from.

Otherwise contact the laptop mftr. for instructions. You can remove a
BIOS-level password yourself - with guidance - on some machines. On others,
the machine will need to be sent back to the laptop mftr. So you need to
call their tech support and ask.

Malke

[beoweolf]

It 'possibly' has 3rd party security, boot or M/B password set.strictly
based on your friends ignorance about his system, are you certain he is the
original owner?

Post by xbob627
I had just got this lap top from a friend and when I turn it on it asks
for a password.........my friend was puzzled and said he didn't set
one...This is all before it even gets to to log in screen.after 4 tries
it says system is at a halt ..................any body out there know
how to get pass this ?
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[xbob627]

yes my friend is retarted but is the original owner........I was presen
when he bought it at wal-mart about a year ago.........thanks for th
info

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[Paul Montgomery]

On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:46:57 +0530, xbob627

Post by xbob627
yes my friend is retarted but is the original owner

If you're going to call someone "retarded", it's best to not misspell
the word.

[Spirit]

No he means his friend has a sharp bitter taste. :)

Post by Paul Montgomery
On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:46:57 +0530, xbob627

Post by xbob627
yes my friend is retarted but is the original owner

If you're going to call someone "retarded", it's best to not misspell
the word.

[xbob627]

oops sorry im in a hurry

[Flight]

Post by Paul Montgomery
On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:46:57 +0530, xbob627

Post by xbob627
yes my friend is retarted but is the original owner

If you're going to call someone "retarded", it's best to not misspell
the word.

Oh! No! Again teacher Montgomery has nothing to say. So then keep your mouth
shut and piss of!!

[FromTheRafters]

Post by xbob627
I had just got this lap top from a friend and when I turn it on it asks
for a password.....

What does it say? Are there screen graphics, or just text printed
to screen? I suppose if it were inactive for a long enough time it
might lose power to the backup BIOS settings and take you to
the BIOS Setup Program - in this case, contact the manufacturer.

Could be a cryptographic security program too, but your
straightforward friend would surely know about its existence.

Post by xbob627
....my friend was puzzled and said he didn't set one...

Was he viewing the screen with you, or just telling you by
phone that he didn't set one?

Post by xbob627
This is all before it even gets to to log in screen.after 4 tries
it says system is at a halt .........

Ask your friend what OSes are installed on the machine.

Exact wording of messages typed to screen would be helpful,
as would a description of graphics if any.

Post by xbob627
.........any body out there know
how to get pass this ?

Sure, but you haven't told anybody what "this" is.

Maybe your friend gave you the wrong laptop, and his is
at some corporate headquarters where they are trying to
figure out why the contents are not encrypted. :oD

[Richard Urban]

Take it back to whomever you ***BORROWED*** it from and ask them how to get
into the computer they no longer possess.
--
Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience

Post by xbob627
I had just got this lap top from a friend and when I turn it on it asks
for a password.........my friend was puzzled and said he didn't set
one...This is all before it even gets to to log in screen.after 4 tries
it says system is at a halt ..................any body out there know
how to get pass this ?
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[xbob627]

yes he was here and its is text with a black background with a squar
box around i

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[Paul Montgomery]

On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 02:31:05 +0530, xbob627

yes he was here and its is text with a black background with a square
box around it

You're retarded

[barman58]

have a check 'Here' (http://www.tech-faq.com/reset-bios-password.shtml
for some ideas. if no luck then it's time to contact the manufacturer
help service. as the laptop is only about a year old the may still cove
it

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BARMAN5
the beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do no
understand.,- frank herbert

[FromTheRafters]

yes he was here and its is text with a black background with a square
box around it

You may have to flash the BIOS, partition and format the drive,
and install an operating system. Contact the manufacturer to find
out how.

[xbob627]

Paul Montgomery your not helping.........just being a
.........nevermind........thanks barman58, and FromTheRafters

[bobbi rose]

-- give it back .Buy you own!!!

bobbi rose hensley

Post by xbob627
I had just got this lap top from a friend and when I turn it on it asks
for a password.........my friend was puzzled and said he didn't set
one...This is all before it even gets to to log in screen.after 4 tries
it says system is at a halt ..................any body out there know
how to get pass this ?
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