forgot Password

[gursaran abott]

Hi
I have an acer laptop with windows XP and i dont know what happened to it
one day as i turned it on it asked me for a password which is not a normal
user password on the XP screen in which we select the user and enter the
password for that user , what i think it is a CMOS password and i cant get
into the system coz of that password and idont know the password
How can i get break the password or how can i start my computer normally
Can anybody please help or provide me any input
i would really appreciate that

Thanks

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

The BIOS password is remembered until the battery is dead or removed from
the motherboard. It looks about like a quarter, and in clamped in with a
sliding attachment. Resetting the Bios to the defaults MAY require you to do
some dinking in the setup feature. (Maybe you want something other than
defaults) It's not too hard.
Remove the battery, restart, replace the battery (heck, buy a new one, maybe
10 bucks for 5 years) enter BIOS setup, and check it over.
bios setup access keys. Go to:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/bios_manufacturer.htm
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[gursaran abott]

hi
I have a laptop. I don't know how to open it and reset the battery, and
don't know where it is. So what is the other way to reset the CMOS password.
Can you plz provide me with any update.
Thanks

 

[Gordon]

hi
I have a laptop. I don't know how to open it and reset the battery, and
don't know where it is. So what is the other way to reset the CMOS password.
Can you plz provide me with any update.
Thanks

have you tried contacting Acer?

 

[gursaran abott]

Hi

is there any other way to reset the paaword or fix it
i dont know how to open up my laptop and reset the battery

thanks

 

[gursaran abott]

hi

can anybody provide me the other way to reset the password instead of
removing the battery
please help
thanks

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

You should understand there is a problem with deciding how to do this. Your
laptop MAY be under warrantee. If so, no one will tell you to open (or have
someone open) the case to replace the CMOS battery. There MIGHT even be a
way to do that built-in to the laptop hardware. You need to find an expert
in that particular type of laptop. You haven't even mentioned what type that
is, though the chances of finding it here is really pretty slim anyway.
Another response told you to go the the makers site for info. It's the best
bet.
Laptops use a military technology for their components called 'potting in'.
It means they use this black goo to glue the components together, to make
them tougher and less susceptible to damage if dropped. It's likely the CMOS
battery was excluded from this, but you need someone familiar with that type
to tell you that.

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[smlunatick]

hi

can anybody provide me the other way to reset the password instead of
removing the battery
please help
thanks







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If Acer does not have any method os accessing this password, then the
removal of the battery is the only way.