User Password at boot up

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I recently upgraded from Win 98 to Win XP. Everything was working fine for a while and then one day when I turned my computer on there was a little blue prompt that requested a user password. I have called gateway and searched the Microsoft Support site. I found that I need to create boot disks but still cannot bypass the user password prompt. Is there a defalt password or a way to bypass this prompt. I have made the 6 boot disks and am ready to use them to correct this problem. Can anyone help!
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Jam
 
Jam said:
I recently upgraded from Win 98 to Win XP. Everything was working fine for a while and then one day when I turned my computer on there was a little blue prompt that requested a user password. I have called gateway and searched the Microsoft Support site. I found that I need to create boot disks but still cannot bypass the user password prompt. Is there a defalt password or a way to bypass this prompt. I have made the 6 boot disks and am ready to use them to correct this problem. Can anyone help!
Thanks
Jam
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Sounds a lot to me like a BIOS password, not a Windows password. Check
your motherboard manual for instructions on how to reset this password,
or call Gateway back and ask them how to do it.

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Sounds like someone dropped into your system BIOS and
entered a startup password. Do you have children or
cronies at work that would play a practical joke on you?

I'm thinking your OS is fine. You need to get access to
your BIOS to turn it off. Ask around or try guessing
with standard, non-secure passwords like first/last names
of you, your kids, your pet, your favorite team...
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I recently upgraded from Win 98 to Win XP. Everything
Click to expand...
was working fine for a while and then one day when I
turned my computer on there was a little blue prompt that
requested a user password. I have called gateway and
searched the Microsoft Support site. I found that I need
to create boot disks but still cannot bypass the user
password prompt. Is there a defalt password or a way to
bypass this prompt. I have made the 6 boot disks and am
ready to use them to correct this problem. Can anyone
help!
 
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