L lindabob Distinguished Sep 27, 2011 1 0 18,510 Sep 27, 2011 #1 Hello, my son cannot remember his password for his acer laptop, as it wasn't working for a couple months (power cord)
Hello, my son cannot remember his password for his acer laptop, as it wasn't working for a couple months (power cord)
hang-the-9 Titan Mar 25, 2010 60,372 1,081 152,940 Sep 30, 2011 #2 If it's a windows one, you can try to use the administrator account with a blank password, then set his account password from there. If it's a BIOS or a hard-drive password, you can contact ACER and they should be able to get you a password to use. There are also password recovery disks you can download http://pcsupport.about.com/od/toolsofthetrade/tp/passrecovery.htm Upvote 0 Downvote
If it's a windows one, you can try to use the administrator account with a blank password, then set his account password from there. If it's a BIOS or a hard-drive password, you can contact ACER and they should be able to get you a password to use. There are also password recovery disks you can download http://pcsupport.about.com/od/toolsofthetrade/tp/passrecovery.htm