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I'm locked out of the system!!!

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by spm9928

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I recently had a PC donated to an organization I volunteer at. Upon startup it prompts for a password to enter in the Win 98 system. I don't know the password and need to know how to get into the system so I won;t have to junk the PC of erase the hard drive.

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by mike mullins

If it's a windows password - just click cancel and you're in.
If it's a BIOS startup password. Open the box and find the 3 pins with a jumper in between them that are labeled BIOS and switch the jumper, power up, then power off and put the jumper back in the original configuration.

by spm9928

I hit the cancel for the password, but there is no Startbar or any icons at all. How do I access these??

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