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by kwbboarder

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I am trying to recover/reset my admin password on my laptop running on windows xp. I received the laptop from my university for being a full time student, but I no longer attend the school. I have burned an ISO image on a cd, and have pressed F10 on startup to boot from CD. After I hit F10 to boot from CD, a black screen appears with a blue box in the middle of the screen. The box reads "Administrator Password" with a key symbol next to it. I am guessing it is asking to type in the Adminstrator password, but I do not know it obviously, and when I hit enter it repeats the same phrase "Administrator Password" underneath the first and so on.. any ideas of how to get around this?

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by .martin.

contact the university for an admin password...

by manishkerai

yes contact the university they can tell you, but sounds like a bios password take the bios battery out for 5min.

by oh smeg

They have what is called a Smart Socket soldered to the M'Board and this supplies power to the CMOS IC.

If you want to flatten this Power Source you have to disconnect the NB from the Mains Supply which is used to recharge the Smart Socket and leave it for about 5 years for the Power Source in the Smart Socket to go flat.

The only answer here is to either contact the Place where it was sourced or the System Maker and they will endeavor to provide a solution but only after confirming that the NB is not [b]Stolen Property.[/b]

When was the last time you tried booting with an ISO Image as well?

Col

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