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Locked out
A friend's computer was requesting the Username and password that he had put in many time at startup. But all of a sudden it wouldn't except them and said they were incorrect.
And after trying numerous times he then got the following verbiage.
"This computer system #(77p70flf) is protected by a password authentication system. You cannot access the data on this computer without the correct password. Please type in the system or administrator password and press enter."
Since he can't get past it, is there a chance that taking the CMOS battery out for a while might clear the password request?