Computer help

[GeorgeWBush]

I just recieved a computer from a person that got it from her school (Bryman) and it needs a password to open it i went into bios and could not see anyway to stop the password.

I was wondering is there anyway to get the password to stop so i don't have to use one i just want to stop it so it will just boot up instead of waiting for a password.

It has windows 2000 professional installed.

Thanks.

 

[silverwhisper]

there are ways around this, if you happen to know any network adminstrators who have access to the relevant software. that said, you should ask your friend, or perhaps ask her to find out: it's probably easiest.

ed

 

[Weird Harold]

I just recieved a computer from a person that got it from her school (Bryman) and it needs a password to open it i went into bios and could not see anyway to stop the password.

I was wondering is there anyway to get the password to stop so i don't have to use one i just want to stop it so it will just boot up instead of waiting for a password.

It has windows 2000 professional installed.

Thanks.

Do you know the password?

From your comment about the BIOS, I presume this is a BIOS password and not a Windows password.

If you know the password, and it is a BIOS password, you should be able to turn off password checking in the BIOS -- Depending on the BIOS, it may take changeing the password to a "nul string" to turn it off; AMI BIOS uses that as the ON/OFF indicator for password protection of the setup and/or boot.

I haven't dealt with a recent Pheonix BIOS -- if Pheonix is still making BIOS -- but IIRC, there was a separate option for "never" check for a BIOS password to turn password protection ON/OFF. I don't recall any ther specific BIOS manufacturers, but I'm sure that there are as few; each will have it's own method for turning passwords ON/OFF in the BIOS.

If you're dealing with a windows password, you need to remove "Windows Family Networking" and all individual users before it will boot without asking for a user/password.

 

[Xt4cY]

if it's bios password you can accomplish it by using a reset to defaults jumper which u'd have to research for ur specific computer/motherboard or some computers u can reset the password by taking out the battery on the motherboard for a while (it's big and round kinda like oversized watch battery)...if it's windows password then and you don't know it you can change it by using a linux bootdisk which u can find more info about at http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

 

[Tap-Out]

Do you know the password?

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If you're dealing with a windows password, you need to remove "Windows Family Networking" and all individual users before it will boot without asking for a user/password.

That's not 100% accurate. There is an option in there, no matter how many users are in there, to automatically log into a specified account. It's in the control pannel somewhere. However I'm not 100% sure where anymore as it's been ages since I've gone looking for that option. Perhaps I'll boot into windows sometime today and find out.