Lost Setup admin password.

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  1. Posts : 292
    Windows 7 Professional
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       #11

    Great price. But I don't feel so bad. The laptop works fine, and I can hit F12 to change the boot order as needed, so no big deal on my part. The boot sequence is set to log on to the LAN rather than the HD in setup, so I get an error message, then in about 3 seconds, it goes on to log in to HD. Seller offered me a refund, but I 'm keeping it. Can't see any real reason not to.
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  2. Posts : 1,269
    Windows 7 Ultimate Retail Box (64-bit installed) + Service Pack 1
       #12

    AH, 3 secs.... yeah fair enough.

    I wonder what will happen when the time comes to replace the hard drive on it.

    You have enough time perhaps to guess the password.
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  3. Posts : 292
    Windows 7 Professional
    Thread Starter
       #13

    "I wonder what will happen when the time comes to replace the hard drive on it."

    The hard drive is not password protected, so replacing should not be a problem. Am I missing something I need to know?
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  4. Posts : 1,269
    Windows 7 Ultimate Retail Box (64-bit installed) + Service Pack 1
       #14

    The bios settings that might need adjusting for the hard drive, it's probably not an issue, as long as it is auto-sensing them, back in the good old days, the bios was inept as such things.
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  5. Posts : 292
    Windows 7 Professional
    Thread Starter
       #15

    Ahhhh...the good ole days......do miss them....life was simple,
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  6. Posts : 1,269
    Windows 7 Ultimate Retail Box (64-bit installed) + Service Pack 1
       #16

    The Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor battery dies on you, that could reset settings in the bios, to a *cough* unpleasant default state, but you kind of already eliminated that by yanking it for 45 mins.

    I wonder if there are some other things in your BIOS effecting performance, but if you are satisfied with it, that is OK.

    Ah the good old days of QEMM, oh what a nightmare, nevermind.... <---tears of joy
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  7. Posts : 13,576
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #17

    I know I`d be upset if I couldn`t get into the bios, have you considered getting a refund ?
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  8. Posts : 292
    Windows 7 Professional
    Thread Starter
       #18

    I can get a refund. I'm not sure I want one. I'm not sure why I should be upset. Everything works fine, and there is no HD password required, so I really don't know what the big deal is. Am I missing something?
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  9. Posts : 1,007
    Winndows 7 32 bit
       #19

    billberry12 said:
    Great price. But I don't feel so bad. The laptop works fine, and I can hit F12 to change the boot order as needed, so no big deal on my part. The boot sequence is set to log on to the LAN rather than the HD in setup, so I get an error message, then in about 3 seconds, it goes on to log in to HD. Seller offered me a refund, but I 'm keeping it. Can't see any real reason not to.
    Hi billberry12,

    I would like to inform you that you can keep the system without BIOS access as well. However, it won't be possible to make any changes in BIOS to troubleshoot any issues that might happen in future.

    Otherwise, it should be fine. If you can get a similar system as replacement you should go ahead with it.

    If you have any further queries, please feel free to contact us.
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  10. Posts : 740
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #20

    This is just a setup password and not a system password?

    Simple solution, Re-Flash the BIOS, even if it's not a update, just with the same verion.

    Boom, back to default!
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