Please Fix my Laptop!?
10 pts Best Answer :) My little brother was playing on my laptop (my mom let him without asking dont..ask) and all of a sudden he started screaming that my laptop was frozen, I turned it off and then turned it on, and then when trying to log back in it says "You have been locked out of your account, please contact your administrator." I have an IMB Thinkpad (not to old lol) and I use Windows XP on it. My uncle installed everything so I don't know the Administrator Password or anything. Please I need it for tomorrow! :) thank you for your help! 10 pts I promise <3 Please Please help! (can't get my uncles help he is in France for 2 weeks and I need it tonight or by tomorrow!)
Laptops & Notebooks - 5 Answers
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Answer 1 :
Hi.Aren't little brothers a pain? Start with this site http://search.techrepublic.com.com/search/bios+and+ibm+thinkpad+and+password.html and then try http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=IBM+Thinkpad+bypass+password&spell=1 . Good luck!
Answer 2 :
I'm not sure if this will unlock your account but its worth a try. You won't lose any data. Insert the windows Xp install disc and chose repair. Once it finishes you might be able to access your computer again.
Answer 3 :
Safe Mode Bootup ============= Try this, its easy and will not harm anything Slowly tap the F8 key while the computer is powering up Just after the screen goes blank, the F8 key will point the computer to a menu where safe mode can be selected. Note if you mistakenly tap F8 key again, it will continue through to normal boot Scroll and select last known good configuration. This is stronger than doing a system restore in normal mode. See list.. Wait till the boot has finished before clicking anything. (System restore is the first line of restoration. The second line is last good configuration. The third line is system restore in safe mode. The fourth line is repair from your disk recovery console. The fifth line is a delete partition with clean install).
Answer 4 :
Turn on computer and at the same time keep pressing F8 when the menu opens start in safe mode when the computer start every thing will look ugly don't worry click on start , control panel, user icon and create a new user account and set it as administrator re start computer it will open in the new user you set .
Answer 5 :
The solution is to call you uncle for his password. If not, you have to retrieve the administator password by the XP cd then follow this link http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=305
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