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February 8th, 2012 08:00
BIOS password not working
I am the original owner of the XPS laptop. I had set and, for some weeks, used a BIOS password.
Now when booting the password is not requested. (I can't associate any new software loading with the change in the BIOS password.)
F2 / F12 show that the password is set and the options to reset the password are greyed out.
How can I re activate the BIOS password please?
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ejn63
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February 8th, 2012 09:00
Is this an administrator password you had, or a power-on password. It sounds like it's the former-- not the latter.
GeoffMcc
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February 8th, 2012 09:00
It is an administrator password.
ejn63
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February 8th, 2012 10:00
The administrator password isn't used or needed on bootup - that's the power on password. The admin password is used only to make changes to the BIOS setup.