ok i brought my computer into a repair shop a few days ago, to fix my boot block issue. they fixed that problem, sort of, sometimes i still get the same message then i reboot and it works fine. i had a password set to the computer before i sent it in, i gave them the password as they asked and when i got it back they told me the password was "PASSWORD" as written on invoice. anyway, it doesn't work, i have typed it every way i could think of (caps lock/ lowercase, etc), and it still says, "did you forget you password?" in the annoying little bubble. i did a little research online and read about jumping the password by doing something on the motherboard? will this work, how do you do it?

os is windows xp home

curiosity, did you try your old password? ;-) if not.. there is a boot disk i can i have you try that can change the Administrator hive password...

First off, which password was set? The XP password or the BIOS password?

Chuck

First off, which password was set? The XP password or the BIOS password?

Chuck

good questions, but " ---"did you forget you password?" in the annoying little bubble" ----, the bios usually doesn't give you a bubble for wrong password. ;-) and most users dont set BIOS passwords. ;-)

just my two cents.

it was the xp password, thanks for the help but the guy never reset it i guess. it was my old password, should of been the first thing i tried :lol:

thanks for helping with common sense :lol:

Ouch.. If the XP password was forgotten, then your systen would have to go into a tech for him to reset the password for a nominal fee.

actually... sure, but i have ways (80%) of resetting the windows password hive ;-) if i was consulting i'd charge, but for a hobbytalk cousin. no charge ;P

I got one that'll do 99.95% of the passwords too, but it's murder if you slip up. And it MIGHT wipe out your files if you told windows to encrypt them when you set your password. That's the .05% that would make it ugly. But it bats a thousand on all of the password cracking jobs that I've done.

it was the xp password, thanks for the help but the guy never reset it i guess. it was my old password, should of been the first thing i tried :lol:

thanks for helping with common sense :lol:

Your post was awhile ago, but when the computer is booting up try pressing F5 and bring it up in safe mode ........ it will bypass the XP password, choose administrator from the user list, you can then go in and remove any and all windows passwords for the user / users in windows xp