All i know is i was on a wireless network surfing the net and shut the comp down when i was done. the next day i turned on the comp and the screen don't even look the same. it looks like a generic screen prompting for a password. it won't take the one i normally use and the xp screen don't come up. i can't get to my desktop or access anything past this screen. do somebody think i caught a virus? Please help, anything suggestions will be useful. It's a Panasonic laptop CF-29
2006-10-31 10:08:44 · 8 answers · asked by Dee's wifey 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
If the case you have is as written, then somehow you changed the CMOS/BIOS password. To reset this will require you to take the case apart, locate the CMOS battery or the jumper. Then you need to either change the jumper to clear CMOS or remove the battery to do the same. A supervisor admin password is stopping you from accessing the system. Here are a few things to keep in mind. A laptop uses a different cabling system from desktops, and the ribbon cable can easily be ruined by not knowing how to remove or re-install it properly. Take it to a repair tech to have this done. If you ruin the connection, you can not get it back! Next, is that in laptops, you have limited space, so there will be other parts that may need to be removed to access the jumper and the battery. Again, limited space whole different connection system. Again, take it to a repair facility, unless you have already done this kind of work yourself. I am a repair tech and have had to take laptops to others, because the lack of space, and the difference in the connections have made it so I refuse to work on them. Even though I own one that I bought in a box. And today lets me answer this question.
2006-10-31 11:39:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately, you dont have many choices and the ones that you do have arent a whole lot of fun. First of all, you can completly restore the Windows Oporating System on your computer by inserting your Installation CD that came with your computer. Next, there is a button battery inside the laptop that controls things like the clock, calender and passwords. If you remove the battery, it will lose all previously used passwords. Once you're back to your desktop, you can shut those password preferences off in the control panel, "Administrative Tools" folder. Great Question by the way. Larry at Radio Shack 01-9590
2006-10-31 10:41:35 · answer #2 · answered by dumbbutt4321 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm thinking you have accidently set the password in BIOS/CMOS. Find another computer (friend, library) and search the Internet for: panasonic cf-29 reset cmos
Worse case is you may need to take out the battery - the one that maintains your settings not the one you use when disconnected from the electrical outlet - and let the CMOS reset.
Depending on the location of the battery, you may have to take the PC to a computer store and let a tech do it.
Mike Honeycutt
2006-10-31 10:18:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Could have, But the big quesion is how do you get pass it? Format is one option but I'm sure you don't want to delete you data.
So go to http://hackerthreads.org ask there for help on their fourms. Also search first so you don't get no smart answer like "this has been asked here before use the search box!".
2006-10-31 10:14:04 · answer #4 · answered by jack 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Since you seem to have access to a computer go online to their website or call Tech Support and talk to them. They will walk you thru it and reset your password providing it is yours....
2006-10-31 10:16:58 · answer #5 · answered by educated guess 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
go to best buy and ask a nerd person. they help me all the time when my computer gets retarted
2006-10-31 10:16:35 · answer #6 · answered by Kitty 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Go to http://mch.tz4.com and register.
2006-10-31 11:40:43 · answer #7 · answered by Reston 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you can't use your computer how are you asking this question???
2006-10-31 10:17:30 · answer #8 · answered by jfb 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋