
Since then, I've applied at least one more BIOS update with no issues, but the BIOS setup password still won't let me in. The support people requested I call in to work on it further, but I was lazy and didn't want to as I considered this an extremely low priority since I didn't have any BIOS options I wanted to change and I could get into my OS fine. Since I had about a month of warranty left at that point, I opened a ticket with Dell, but didn't get anywhere through emailing back and forth. I tried all spaces, all zeroes, and all ones. I made sure caps lock wasn't on, used the keypad numbers, and used the number row numbers. When BIOS setup prompted me for my password, it wouldn't take it. I figured, I'd just go into the BIOS and turn that option back on. The BIOS update installed, however, it didn't prompt me for a password on boot up anymore. Almost a year after purchasing it, I ran an update to the BIOS.


Boot windows to welcome screen (normal startup), press CTRL+ALT+DEL to bring out classic logon screen, input " Administrator", and leave password field empty, and then press Enter to login.Īdditionally, how do I get my administrator password? Method 1 - Reset password from another Administrator account: At welcome screen, the Administrator account will appears. Similarly one may ask, how do you bypass the administrator password on a Dell laptop?īoot you windows from safe mode (press F8 when windows start). Dell computers use the default password " Dell." If that does not work, do a quick inquiry of friends or family members that have used the computer recently.
