Dell B130 White password screen

Clarifications

Either the bios passwd has been enabled or the hard drive password has been enabled.

After Dell verifies you are the owner, they will forward you to the tag team who will give you a code to enter after you verify the asset tag that will reset the password. After you have entered the code, you must press {control} Enter. The machine will reboot to the bios screen where you should enter your own password to guard against this in the future. Through Dells support center there is no fee for this service.

You can also take it to a reasonably competent repair shop which has the Dell tools and they can do it for a fee. I suggest you contact Dell as it is free.

Other than this, the members of Techrepublic do not assist in password recovery, even when we have the tools.

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[b]Personally, if it were me I'd consider the the height of your window from the ground, perform a quick mental calculation of the relative Terminal Velocity based on that height, unceremoniously kick the living sh!t out of him, inform him of your findings regarding the Terminal Velocity calculus, then show him the open window.

If he still doesn't give you the password, demonstrate what Terminal Velocity can do.

Oh, and tape his arms to his sides, he'll accelerate faster that way.[/b]

[i]Terminal Velocity: when the downward force of gravity (Fg)equals the upward force of drag (Fd). This causes the net force on the object to be zero, resulting in an acceleration of zero. Mathematically an object asymptomatically approaches and can never reach its terminal velocity.

The acceleration due to gravity on the Earth is 9.81 m/s2.[/i]

Sorry I couldn't be more help. ;)