It was given to me by a friend who can't remember the password. it's windows 2000 version and a dell laptop but that's all i know. I've tried F2 on start up but don't really know what i'm dealing with. Does anyone know what i can do, or where i can ask for help? thank-you
2007-01-06 03:45:05 · 9 answers · asked by jolene 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
Thanks for all the answers, I tried Nikita21's answer and it worked!!! So thank you very much Nikita21,your a life saver.
2007-01-06 04:08:11 · update #1
Try Esc it might help! Otherwise i guess you'll just have to contact an IT professional or Dell. Or try and guess the password (try 'password', you'd be amazed how many people leave it as that)
2007-01-06 03:55:26 · answer #1 · answered by Nikita21 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Turn your computer off by pressing the power button then turn it back on. Then press F8 and select Safe Mode and when the logon screen comes up type Administrator you can delete the friend`s password by going to Start>Settings>Control Panel>User Acounts and find their Acount and click delete Password Then restart your Computer and when the logon Screen appers clik ok or press enter (Their is no Password)
2007-01-06 11:53:59 · answer #2 · answered by zachart34 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
switch off then switch on again whilst pressing F10 (recovery). This will restore your computer to the original factory settings, ie to when it was new. It takes about half an hour to complete but is very straight forward. Good luck
2007-01-06 11:53:02 · answer #3 · answered by lutonhairport 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would call dell (you might have to wait til monday, but give it a try) and tell them the situation. they should be able to help you.
2007-01-06 11:53:31 · answer #4 · answered by flutterflie04 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you have the restore disks you can restore your pc to original factory settings. if you dont have them you can find them online. just get your model number and do a search, download them to a pc and put it on a cd
2007-01-06 11:57:42 · answer #5 · answered by Michael N 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are commercial utilities that can do it (sorry, can't recall the name at the moment).
2007-01-06 11:52:15 · answer #6 · answered by bogus_dude 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you can come on Yahoo chat. I can guide you online.
2007-01-06 11:53:56 · answer #7 · answered by Honey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
contact microsoft and try find out
2007-01-06 11:52:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
try just pressing ENTER.
2007-01-06 11:51:28 · answer #9 · answered by Lotcie 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋