I have read all of the things that seem similar to my problem and cant seem to fix it. a friend gave me a gateway solo and it has windows 95 on it. i wanted to put a new version of windows onit it but when it starts up and i hit f2 for set up it wants a password. iis there any way to get by this. thanks

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What you are seeing is not a Windows Password but a BIOS password for the Gateway computer. To clear it you would need a utility from Gateway or possibly a call to their Tech Support to clear it. Another possiblity is to remove the CMOS battery for a while, if it has one or clear the CMOS with the jumpers on the systemboard, it should be marked. George


On Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 3:20 pm, dave wrote:
>I have read all of the things that seem similar to my problem and cant seem to fix
>it. a friend gave me a gateway solo and it has windows 95 on it. i wanted to put
>a new version of windows onit it but when it starts up and i hit f2 for set up it
>wants a password. iis there any way to get by this. thanks

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thanks so much for your help but where are the jumpers at. i did take the battery out for aboout a day and that did not fix it

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If removing the battery did not clear the BIOS password then the jumpers won't either as all they really do is bypass/short out the battery to kill the contents of the CMOS/BIOS memory. In this case the only real way is to call Tech Support and see if they can/will help you clear it with some type of a software tool they may have in-hose as Hewlett-Packard does. George

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yeah. In the BIOS there is I think a power management button, or a startup password button. click on it and remove the password, or just ask your friend. To enter the bios, hit F8 once the computer starts starting up.

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Make sure that u remove the CMOS battery. ,it is the small one on the mother board,not the main batt.


On Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at 11:15 am, George wrote:
>What you are seeing is not a Windows Password but a
>BIOS password for the Gateway computer. To clear it
>you would need a utility from Gateway or possibly a
>call to their Tech Support to clear it. Another possiblity
>is to remove the CMOS battery for a while, if it has one or clear the CMOS with the
>jumpers on the
>systemboard, it should be marked.
>
>George
>
>
>

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