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    Default Acer Inspire E1-522

    OS installed is Windows 8.
    The owner has forgotten his password.
    I have a password reset disc but have to change boot sequence to access it.
    From my reading I see that I have to disable Secure Boot in order to change it.
    I can get into the security settings for UEFI and although I can see the Secure Boot option, I cannot select it to disable.
    Can someone assist me please?
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    The first hit in a Google search () led to the page at

    Now, read down the page until you get to the heading "As mentioned by some readers in the comments, if you are using an Acer laptop, you might see that option to disable secure boot has been greyed out. Please follow this tutorial to disable secure boot in Acer notebooks."

    Click on the link and you will be taken to .

    I realise that the subsequent article appears to be concerned with disabling secure boot in a working Windows 8 environment, but scroll down to STEP 5, "Set Supervisor Password".

    Hopefully, after setting the supervisor password as described in STEP 5, you will be able to disable Secure Boot, thus enabling you to proceed further.

    Let us know what happens.

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    OK, I have been able to disable Secure Boot and change the Boot priority to CD Rom.
    However when I restart the PC it sounds like it is accessing the CD but then goes to normal startup.
    I have tried CDs of a trial version of PCunlocker and Hirens Boot CD but neither are recognised.
    They can both be read on my laptop.

    Incidentally, I have downloaded the User Manual and found there is an easier way to enter the BIOS.

    "To activate the BIOS utility, press <F2> during the POST while the computer logo is being displayed."
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    In practice, CD's which are home-grown, will not play on some 10% of machines due to production tolerances, while factory-produced CD's will be read successfully.

    This might be the reason for the problem you describe.

    Preparing a "rescue" CD on a different machine might be the way forward.

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