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Windows 7: Need Some Help from Gurus!
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06 Feb 2011
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Need Some Help from Gurus!
So long story short, my self-entitled teenage son decided it'd be a hoot to look at porn and post inappropriate content on his FB page so I took his computer away forever. I am selling it! Yes, I know, drastic but necessary imo. Now I can't get on his computer to reformat it to get rid of it. I'd smash it with a sledge hammer but I decent amount of money for it and would like to recoup my $ somewhat. I don't know what to do to get around his password! Any help for me? Is there someplace I can take it without paying a fortune to have someone else do it? I have receipt for it still as I just bought it two months ago.
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06 Feb 2011
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Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz) SomeWhere in the HOT Arizona Desert ! |
Tell him to give you the correct password or you are grounding him until he is 45 years old ! | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Built them myself, Science Experiments !
OS Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
CPU AMD fx8350 4ghz, AMD-32 2400mhz, AMD-64 3200mhz, AMDx64 2.8G
Motherboard SIS 755, ECS-K8M890M-M (Ult 7600), GigaByte & others
Memory 2gb, 4gb on the Ult 7600, 4gb on Technet RTM, 32gb on FX8350
Graphics Card Draw my own Graphics, several nVidia cards
Sound Card on motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays 19" flat scr, 28" I-Inc widescr,22" Emprex Widescr, 23" Acer
Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024, 1440 x 900, 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Compaq & Dell recycled from GoodWill
Mouse Made in China Optical Wired Mouse
PSU 430w, 550w, 600w, 700, 800, etc
Case All Generic Full Towers
Cooling Open Air & a few fans, some w/ colored LEDs
Hard Drives 6 pata Ide HD's & 2 Sata HD's
added 80gb external on Ult 7600 computer,
numerous extra 1tb, 2TB, 3Tb SATA HD's
A collection of ext HD Docks w/ HDs
Internet Speed Fast Cable InterNet
Antivirus AVG Free on 24 different Desktops, NO Problems!
Browser IE 8 is preferred, but use FireFox sometimes
Other Info Linksys Routers, switches, & Hubs
Too Many USB Flash Drives to count, Biggest is 64GB !
Eight computers in my home network.
Sixteen computers at my business network.
Linked via TeamViewer !
Lots of old used spare computer parts everywhere!
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06 Feb 2011
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Windows 8 Pro 9200 x64 w/Media Center Austin, Texas |
A system recovery using the F10 key on boot should solve your problems if there has been no password set up in the bios.... | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP a1250n, dv7 3173nr
OS Windows 8 Pro 9200 x64 w/Media Center
CPU AMD 3800+ X2
Motherboard MSI 7093
Memory 3GB
Monitor(s) Displays Hitachi 22" CRT Samsung 24" sa550
Screen Resolution 1600x1200 1920x1080
Internet Speed 20Mb/s
Other Info http://www.pixelmansion.com
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06 Feb 2011
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In a perfect world, that would actually work but he there are problems beyond what grounding can do. We're beyond stripping his room clean sans a mattress to sleep on and only the minimal amount of clothes to last a week. He'd be in a juvenile home if the system worked the way it should. Ugh! He won't voluntarily give me the password. | | My System Specs | | |
06 Feb 2011
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Put in a Windows cd and boot from it. You will have the option to format from that. You won't need his Windows password whatsoever. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Self-Built in July 2009
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU Intel Q9550 2.83Ghz OC'd to 3.40Ghz
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R rev. 1.1, F12 BIOS
Memory 8GB G.Skill PI DDR2-800, 4-4-4-12 timings
Graphics Card EVGA 1280MB Nvidia GeForce GTX570
Sound Card Realtek ALC899A 8 channel onboard audio
Monitor(s) Displays 23" Acer x233H
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard ABS M1 Mechanical
Mouse Logitech G9 Laser Mouse
PSU Corsair 620HX modular
Case Antec P182
Cooling stock
Hard Drives Intel X25-M 80GB Gen 2 SSD
Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black, 32MB cache. WD1001FALS
Internet Speed 15/2 cable modem
Other Info Windows and Linux enthusiast. Logitech G35 Headset.
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06 Feb 2011
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I don't have a CD. It came with Windows 7 installed already. No disc. | | My System Specs | | |
06 Feb 2011
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Windows 7 Ultimate The Southern Hinterlands |
Download HirensBootCD, burn the ISO as an image file, and boot from the CD ... there are various programs that will do what you want, quite nicely 
You can also download the file, and extract the contents to a thumb drive, and boot from that, if you dont have a CD drive.. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number ASUSTeK Computer INC. CM5675
OS Windows 7 Ultimate
CPU Core(TM) i5 CPU 650 @ 3.20GHz
Motherboard ASUSTeK Computer INC. CM5675
Memory 6.00 GB
Graphics Card Intel(R) HD Graphics
Sound Card Intel HD integtrated
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung 24'
Screen Resolution 1900/1020
Hard Drives (1) INTEL SSD SA2M120G2GC ATA Device (2) ST31000528AS ATA Device
Internet Speed 30mb
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06 Feb 2011
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Okay, remember I'm a low-tech Mom but I do know that I have to boot from the CD but the computer is not set to boot from the cd. How do I change that? It keeps taking me to the log in screen. | | My System Specs | | |
06 Feb 2011
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Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz) SomeWhere in the HOT Arizona Desert ! |
What is the make & model of the computer, so we know what to look for to help you. | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Built them myself, Science Experiments !
OS Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
CPU AMD fx8350 4ghz, AMD-32 2400mhz, AMD-64 3200mhz, AMDx64 2.8G
Motherboard SIS 755, ECS-K8M890M-M (Ult 7600), GigaByte & others
Memory 2gb, 4gb on the Ult 7600, 4gb on Technet RTM, 32gb on FX8350
Graphics Card Draw my own Graphics, several nVidia cards
Sound Card on motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays 19" flat scr, 28" I-Inc widescr,22" Emprex Widescr, 23" Acer
Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024, 1440 x 900, 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Compaq & Dell recycled from GoodWill
Mouse Made in China Optical Wired Mouse
PSU 430w, 550w, 600w, 700, 800, etc
Case All Generic Full Towers
Cooling Open Air & a few fans, some w/ colored LEDs
Hard Drives 6 pata Ide HD's & 2 Sata HD's
added 80gb external on Ult 7600 computer,
numerous extra 1tb, 2TB, 3Tb SATA HD's
A collection of ext HD Docks w/ HDs
Internet Speed Fast Cable InterNet
Antivirus AVG Free on 24 different Desktops, NO Problems!
Browser IE 8 is preferred, but use FireFox sometimes
Other Info Linksys Routers, switches, & Hubs
Too Many USB Flash Drives to count, Biggest is 64GB !
Eight computers in my home network.
Sixteen computers at my business network.
Linked via TeamViewer !
Lots of old used spare computer parts everywhere!
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06 Feb 2011
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Compaq Presario CQ56.
Okay I know not an expensive laptop but for our family it is. | | My System Specs | | Need Some Help from Gurus! problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 03:22 PM. |  |
