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I have acquired a 6 year old all-in-one HP PC. The password is lost. I am trying to do a new install from a Windows 10 USB flash drive I have just purchased with a new license. I can boot into setup, but when I am asked which partition to install Windows 10 64-bit to, I show three partitions, a...

Thunderbird kept asking for the Password for my Hotmail Account. As it was the old version of it I had I uninstalled it. I then installed the latest version Thunderbird 11.5.0.1 Supernova 64 BIt. It has started to ask for the Password again. It only does now and again though. I am running...

I have this Lenovo Thinkpad X12, my boss bought it after I told them that I can erase supervisor password, thinking I can solve it easily. I don t find any information on the internet, I found a few posts with old models of Thinkpad, where you need to do something on the motherboard. Someone...

Hey all, I got all of my passwords in google chrome hacked. So I changed them and removed all of them from chrome. Thing is people still try to access my accounts. I even closed my laptop and updated my passwords from my iPhone and I didn't save them and somehow they still have access to my new...

I remember a long time ago my sister was able to get into my Windows 7 laptop without my password, but I have no idea how she did it. Is there any simple way that someone could log into your PC through a reset method, or even using a USB? What's the most likely methods? I faintly remember she...

Hi, I have a couple of questions about passwords, not related to each other. I'm just curious, that's all. Not like I want to do it to protect my computer the "best way possible" or anything else... Just curious, that's all. So, let's start. 1. Is there a way to keep the BIOS password even...

I have a Inspiron 11 3185, and in the BIOS setup under Security it shows "Locked Setup", which limits pretty much everything in the BIOS. I'm using Removed by mod to generate the codes for the hash, but they never work for the Locked Setup password. The codes generated for the System password...

Hi all, Very strange issue going on with multiple problems. I was moving data from a customer's old laptop to his new one. Removed the hdd and did the transfer like I've done hundreds of times before. Put the hdd back in, and his old laptop failed to boot, giving an ntfs error. Windows...

A few months back Windows 10 forced me to set a pin and I did so begrudgingly, writing down the pin on a post-it note and with the intention of resetting it when I had the time. Now a few months down the line, I've not bothered to remove the pin, the post-it is long since lost and today...

My dell laptop has windows 10 in it. Suddenly it's asking for a password instead of a pin. I know it has lots of viruses. now I am unable to log in. and it also not connected with my Microsoft account. I tried to reset it with a windows 10 bootable USB. then I found that it c and d both drives...

Wasn't sure which board to post this question. Majority of my passwords are unique for each site, so if something is breached it can't cascade to other accounts. When I log into one particular site using Chrome, I get an alert telling me my password was found in a data breach and should be...

Hey guys I just tried to open an old file with some very important things in it, to the point I'm really depressed about it because i can't remember the password... Is there any way to get around it? I don't care how difficult..i just need to get into it. Any help would be really appreciated...

Whenever I boot my PC I get a password screen asking for a User Password for my HDD. I have never set one of these and no one else uses my computer. If I press escape it says "Incorrect password. HDD Locked" and then my computer boots. I can no longer see the drive in my file explorer. Is this...

What is saver? Google/Chrome sync turned on and passwords in Chrome are saved to Google Account. CONVENIENT Passwords are only stored on Chrome on Windows 7 computer. Get Lastpass free pw manager and deactivate 1 and 2 Thanks

So like the title says, I've basically been booting from my SSD for the past month with no issues. However, when I powered on my PC this morning it brought up a loading menu saying something along the lines of, "Repairing C:", etc. I thought it had to do with updating Windows and thought nothing...

Hi. I have a dell precision 3620 that i pulled out of the garbage somewhere. It is working fine, but I wanted a fresh experience. So I reset the bios and clicked the "wipe internal disks on reboot" function. It started up, and the progress bar moved along. But after about a minute or so, it...

So like a month ago I logged in with Facebook on my friends MacBook on a site and now when he goes to facebooks site he has my login but he also has my login on other sites that my Facebook is connected to like Instagram and probably more. Any fixto this problem cause it seems like he has the...

hi, my Adata XPG Gammix s11 pro PCIe M2 SSD seems to be locked with a password. During bootup, Asrock motherboard UEFI keeps asking for HDD user password. I never set up any HDD password. So how did it got locked? It will ask for the HDD user password. After some tryout, it will ask...

Please help! Urgent, university semester in the balance (can't access my main account with all my documents) TLDR Version: While browsing on Opera, PC just started messing up (random windows opening, infinite tabs opening, taskbar flashing etc) - stopped once keyboard was unplugged (Corsair...

I recently received a Dell XPS 13 here at my shop. They indicated it was not usable with a "no boot device found" error (or something similar). Apparently they first gave it to a "techie" family member to fiddle with but was returned with new cosmetic damage and the same issue. When I first...

Hello, I don't now my administrator password on xp, I want to try formating the disk to factory settings and start all over, to do this is it necessary re installation of xp with a cd? Where do I type in the product key to gain access to do the process? I don't have the original xp cd just the...

Hello, i have big problem 1 year ago IT guy reinstall windows and set UEFI admin user password now i want reinstall windows and cant acces bios with admin rights or BOOT from USB how can i reset that password without laptop disband. i search and read 3 hours in google cant find solution for this...

Hi everybody I couldn't find a solution for it anywhere. I got a problem with my PC. Sometimes, my keyboard or rather the PC types stuff by its own. It's usually just the most used keys (like QWERASDF, TAB - keys used for gaming) but there are somehow moments, where it types in MY PASSWORDS...

Hello. Simply question how can i remove my startup password for login into my PC without netplwiz Reason > picture > https://prikachi.net/image/dPj5M

I have a Toshiba Satellite C655D-S5300 laptop that worked fine previously, but has been stored for a few months. I never set a BIOS password for it, but when I took it out a couple of days ago, it would not boot at all without one. It doesn't make sense, but it seems something must have reset...

How do I Secure Erase an EVO 850 with a password. I don't want to break Tom's password rules and circumvent the password to get to someone's data, I want to reuse "MY" ssd that I set a password on with a keyboard that has a bad shift key only to be locked out immediately after setting the...

Hi! I was trying to help a friend reset the bios password on his Lenovo L460 thinkpad. So first i tried to remove the cmos battery, it didnt work. So i figured i had to reset the bios chip by shorting it out. and so i did.. but now the computer wont turn on.. the power button and the "fn" button...

A customer of mine has a Samsung Note 8 from Sprint that has a screen lock. Apparently, the customer has never had a password or security of any type (fingerprint, pattern, etc) on the device, and they have no idea how it got on there. I had them call Samsung/Google/etc to try and resolve the...

Got an HP laptop (HP ENVY m6-aq100 x360) that for stupid reasons, now has a BIOS password lock. Can't get in. Can't use F9 to boot through any other methods as the BIOS password is required in order to do anything. Tried some "master password" generator tools online, but none of them work for...

Hi guys I have a custom pc my dads mate gived to me cause he was old he didn’t know how to use it cause he’s nephew owned it but he went to jail and he said I could have it instead of throwing it out so he gived it to me but I already own a Alienware laptop but the desktop has a password and I...

i found these when i opened the router config file using router pass view tool from nirsoft. I can login using the username admin and the blurred password(my password). But i can't login using these although the enable value = 1 the only difference i see is the app ID What would that...

Hey, So, I'm trying to recover a Windows 10 account password for a family friend that has forgotten the password on a HP pavilion laptop. The laptop boot loader is only allowing me to select a bootable USB or CD as the boot option, if legacy mode is enabled within the bios. If legacy mode is...

Hello everyone, my computer won't connect after SSID & password changed. Please help me with ISP username and password. I tried the settings given to me by the internet guy. it doesn't work Trying to figure out from last night. When click on network and sharing set up a new connection. broadband...

i have been trying to create a password and it's telling me that i need a special character and an alpha character in my password, what's the difference? I looked up what the difference is and i get the same results.

I recently got my laptop back after having the motherboard replaced. It is running Windows 10 Pro 64-bit. When I went to log in, it says that the PIN needs to be set up again. I then click "Set Up PIN" and it asks me to log in using my username and password. Now, I know my password for my...

Hi, i've tried to completely format my ASUS Laptop, but something happened and it got stuck. A few moments later I decided that I would turn it off and everything will be alright, but when I turned it on, there was a HDD password. I hope you can help me! :)

If i change my microsoft account password thats linked to windows 10 what happens to the sign in password? is it the old or i have to press the new password as long as my pc opens without the need to press the password.

We receive a lot of password protected HIPAA-compliant documents in PDF format and I was wondering what versions of reader/acrobat/etc have the ability to remove passwords/security features? Most of our end users just have adobe reader installed on their machines and while they can enter the...

The building beside us has strong wifi and it is free until they decided to protect it with a password. And then, since our neighbor knew the password, they gave it to us. For the first few weeks, we were connected on the building's wifi. Until one day, the wifi's strength has weaken. I can...

Hi I had a home invasion and now sufering id theft. My acct's ar beig mesed with. I have a nas server that i normaly store my user stuff on. Any'y sujestions on how to store my acct's and paswords ?