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by nkem

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hi! a colleagues has a personal laptop, a sony vaio. She was trying out putting a password in the BIOS and now she can't remember which it is. she called me to give her some tips. i've not really tried retrieving any passwords so i got in touch with some1 else who tells me to send the serial key of the laptop to the manufacturer. is there a way i can reset the BIOS password to the original way it was on the laptop?
Thx

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by dumphrey

manufacturer of the computer. They will be able to help you. As a general rule, we do not give out password cracking/bypassing answers here on TR, no offense.

by nkem

hello!
i guessed as much, i told her what that would mean. but she kept on insisting. i hust needed something to convince her of the way out. when i see the laptop i'd probably do as my friend said initially contact sony for the recovery. i'm sure she'd have the details of purchase and the other requirements before they can be sure she really owns the laptop. thx once again.

by dumphrey

and respond in kind, but with humor. Try not to cross the line. Like the time I told this kid he [edited for content by Staff] with his own golf club but only [edited for content] a cat [edited for content] with a small siege weapon. That post nearly got me arrested by several agencies. The SPCA actually sent their stealth helicopters to follow me for a few weeks. (I knew they were there BECAUSE I COULD NOT SEE THEM!!!!!)

by the scummy one

Nice to meet ya
Now, to fix your problem, get a can of Draino and drink it
down. This should 'clean out' your innards so that you
dont make as many mistakes.
If it was that easy to do, then notebook thefts would be
much, much higher. You really should be careful when
creating passwords, as it is not as easy to recover as a PW
for a website.

by dumphrey

to a "tent revival" held by the Church of the Sub-Genius... the "preacher" drank down a can of what was supposed to be draino, then immediately vomited it on the front line of seats. I was pleased to be slack enough to get there late.

by rahouseholder

This was back before the days of cabinet locks. My sister and I were playing in the kitchen under the sinks and she gave me the draino and told me it was good. In my own defense, I was about 2 1/2 yrs old so I didn't know better..... I wont make that mistake again....

by dumphrey

questions can be answered with google and a credit card (or if willing to look an extra 5 - 10 minutes, for free) i would say, no. No one uses google any more =\ If they did, they would have no need to ask how to crack a password since its all out there plain as day.
But then again, my father can compile his own linux kernel, but I convinced he couldn't find his own A$$ with google, a mirror, and a sign taped to his a$$ saying "Hi, Im your a$$." I guess to a certain extent its a knack.
I have a friend that says all the time, "Someone's ability to be good with computers is directly proportional to their ability to use google. L2UG should replace RTFM."

by thechas

Those were some pretty lame answers.

I did not check out the linked sites in the posted answers. However, most sites that post cracks are also highly infected with Viri and mal-ware. Browse to them at your own risk.

Chas

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