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    Qdos said:
    I'm not sure how you can credibly lose both your BIOS and Windows passwords...
    Um, ya. Agreed.

    I only woke up about an hour or so ago, give or take. My brain isn't completely functioning yet lol.
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       #12

    It always raises suspicions of stolen hardware when people somehow manage to lose passwords on machines, especially when it's at more than one level!
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    OK OK knock it off.
    As expected, diagnostics did not help. I tried taking battery out and putting back, but I'm still being asked for password to get into BIOS.
    Actually, I don't remember even setting a password for this machine cuz I'm the only one that uses it.
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    Qdos said:
    It always raises suspicions of stolen hardware when people somehow manage to lose passwords on machines, especially when it's at more than one level!
    Now that's bloody offensive.
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    Qdos said:
    It always raises suspicions of stolen hardware when people somehow manage to lose passwords on machines, especially when it's at more than one level!
    Windows OS's always raise suspicions for me.
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    thebilger said:
    Qdos said:
    It always raises suspicions of stolen hardware when people somehow manage to lose passwords on machines, especially when it's at more than one level!
    Now that's bloody offensive.
    I disagree. It's a perfectly rational observation. Take it or leave it, but losing both your BIOS and Windows passwords is a little hard to understand. Nobody actually levelled any accusations at you for heavens sake.
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    Now, assuming that you are still willing to help out, when I boot up and hit F10, I do get an "Edit Windows boot options" screen that simply errors out to "/NOEXECUTE=OPTIN"

    BYW, not all of us Bahamians are attempting to extort money from famous people. In every bunch there's a few bad ones, no?
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    Qdos said:
    thebilger said:
    Qdos said:
    It always raises suspicions of stolen hardware when people somehow manage to lose passwords on machines, especially when it's at more than one level!
    Now that's bloody offensive.
    I disagree. It's a perfectly rational observation. Take it or leave it, but losing both your BIOS and Windows passwords is a little hard to understand. Nobody actually levelled any accusations at you for heavens sake.
    Well, like the water off a duck's back............Fahget about it!
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    thebilger said:
    BYW, not all of us Bahamians are attempting to extort money from famous people. In every bunch there's a few bad ones, no?
    I'm not xenophobic I'm afraid. However it seems to me that you've already got all the information you need to solve your issues within this thread.
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    Qdos said:
    What are you running diagnostics for? It won't help with amnesia!

    I'm not sure how you can credibly lose both your BIOS and Windows passwords...
    I didn't even set password for BIOS. That, I am very sure of. As for the login, I was prompted to set a password, but I thought I had set the option of automatically logging in, cuz only I would be using this machine presumably.
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