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    Default Locked out Laptop

    Ive been handed a laptop from a friend thats locked himself out of his account on Vista Business edition , in the past its been a breeze using ophrack or similar software to boot from and change user passwords but in this case he has passworded the bios which is a phoenix securecore tm and forgotten this also , now what I need to do is access the bios to change the boot sequence so I can boot from the cd first so I can change the user password , any ideas ???
    Oh and its an acer lifebook laptop , and help would be appreciated.

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    Unfortunately you are not able to access the Bios setup any more you have to remove the startup bios password.

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    Thats right , but how , Im not sure if by removing the cemos battery will do this ???

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    removing cmos battery does remove password with some BIOS's.. try it ..
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    Well little johnny, is this one that possibly you removed from the big house before kevin o 7 moved in

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    Removing the cemos battery does nothing , password still there after 24 hours , not sure if its connected to some kinda capacitor or something.

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    best4less might be able to help you.


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    Hi john does it give you an error code when you enter the wrong password into the bios ?

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    Holy Thread Resurrection Batman! THIS is NINE YEARS OLD!!!!! Can we close it?
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    Seriously?

    The thread is almost 9 years old.

    Closed.

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