thinpad power on password

[broncoitis]

I bought my daughter a used Thinkpad 600e. Her boyfriend put in a startup
password. Naturally they broke up and now we cant boot her laptop. what is
the workaround or do we have to buy a new hard drive. Powerup& F1 do
nothing.

[Charles Howse]

"broncoitis" <broncoitis@iwon.com> wrote:
I bought my daughter a used Thinkpad 600e. Her boyfriend put in a startuppassword. Naturally they broke up and now we cant boot her laptop. what isthe workaround or do we have to buy a new hard drive. Powerup& F1 donothing.

According to the IBM website you need to get a new MB and Hard Disk ?
http://www-3.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=YAST-3JZS7U&selectarea=SUPPORT&tempselected=5

Andy

[Michael Hawes]

>I bought my daughter a used Thinkpad 600e. Her boyfriend put in a startuppassword. Naturally they broke up and now we cant boot her laptop. what isthe workaround or do we have to buy a new hard drive. Powerup& F1 donothing

Tell her ex-boyfriend to give you the password or you will sue him for
the cost of getting it made usable. Mention 'criminal damage' and check if
your local law enforcement are interested.

Mike.


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[broncoitis]

thanks for the info.
"Andy@nospam.co.uk" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:thm3nvg7d3nn7vf99asrvvbr10dno68edm@4ax.com... "broncoitis" <broncoitis@iwon.com> wrote:I bought my daughter a used Thinkpad 600e. Her boyfriend put in a startuppassword. Naturally they broke up and now we cant boot her laptop. what
isthe workaround or do we have to buy a new hard drive. Powerup& F1 donothing. According to the IBM website you need to get a new MB and Hard Disk ?
http://www-3.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=YAST-3JZS7U&selectarea=SUPPORT&tempselected=5 Andy