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verymad
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      06-18-2009


Hi im trying to setup a password for when my computer first turns on to
be able to load vista i want it to ask for a password, i went into bios
and tried to set a password and it says disabled? can anyone help me i
would just set a password at the vista log in screen but my brother can
bypass that somehow and im sick of it


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Spook
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      07-10-2009
Hi,
The bios will have a password "setting" where you may either choose 'setup'
or 'startup'. Choose startup and type your password.You can bypass this on
the mother board itself by connecting 2 jumpers. That's on the older boards.
I don't know about the newest.
Cheers

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> Hi im trying to setup a password for when my computer first turns on to
> be able to load vista i want it to ask for a password, i went into bios
> and tried to set a password and it says disabled? can anyone help me i
> would just set a password at the vista log in screen but my brother can
> bypass that somehow and im sick of it
>
>
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> verymad


 
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