System startup password

[Guest]

Hi,

I had set system start-up password and i have forgotten it now. This is a
standalone pc (not connected to netwrok in anyway). I have only one machine.
Is it possible to login with only my account (by disabling the syskey
password) ?

Even DOS prompts me the system startup password. Please help !!

 

[Eric]

Doesn't sound like a good place to be in. Let's start at the beginning.

When you computer first starts up does it ask you for a password. (In the
dos screen know as the Cmos password)?

Can you get past that screen to where Windows starts to come up?

 

[Malke]

Hi,

I had set system start-up password and i have forgotten it now. This
is a standalone pc (not connected to netwrok in anyway). I have only
one machine. Is it possible to login with only my account (by
disabling the syskey password) ?

Even DOS prompts me the system startup password. Please help !!

You have apparently set a BIOS password. This has nothing to do with
your operating system (Windows). Normally you can clear the BIOS
password on a desktop machine by removing the motherboard battery
and/or switching jumpers. Refer to your motherboard manual for the
"clear CMOS" jumper settings. If you have a laptop, consult the laptop
mftr.'s tech support website.

Malke

 

[Guest]

When the computer first starts up, it doesn't ask in the DOS like screen.
After the Windows splash appears, the startup password dialog appears. I had
set the password from Start>Run>Syskey.
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Thanks for your time and help.

Doesn't sound like a good place to be in. Let's start at the beginning.

When you computer first starts up does it ask you for a password. (In the
dos screen know as the Cmos password)?

Can you get past that screen to where Windows starts to come up?

 

[Steven L Umbach]

I believe you can disable it with the free software at the link below. Read
the warning because once you do that you can not enable it again if I
remember correctly if that is a concern.

Steve

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

 

[Malke]

I believe you can disable it with the free software at the link below.
Read the warning because once you do that you can not enable it again
if I remember correctly if that is a concern.

Steve

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

Steve - NTpasswd just lets you change the password to Windows. You
normally would want to change the Administrator password and it is
easiest to just change it to a blank. After you've made your changes in
Linux, you can log into Windows and use the User Accounts applet to
change the password back to anything you want. The only problem you can
run into by doing this is if you have encrypted files.

I wasn't really sure where the OP had set the password - BIOS or Windows
or even both - but he has information on dealing with both situations
now.

Cheers,

Malke

 

[Steven L Umbach]

Hi Malke.

He indicated that he configured syskey to require a manually entered
password before access to the operating system was enabled. I believe that
the password reset disk can also defeat syskey passwords though you will not
be able to use syskey again in that manner.

Steve

 

[Malke]

Hi Malke.

He indicated that he configured syskey to require a manually entered
password before access to the operating system was enabled. I believe
that the password reset disk can also defeat syskey passwords though
you will not be able to use syskey again in that manner.

Thanks. I've never used a syskey password, so was unfamiliar with this.
I appreciate the information.

Malke