passwords

I would try "hewlett packard" or "administrator" if its a new machine...

Was the laptop set up for you by the retailer or did you have to go through the process of setting it up to customise it to suit your name etc.

If the retailer set it up for you they should have given you the password. I assume the password you are looking is the one that you put in to get into Windows ?

If thats the case there is a chance you can bypass it, but would need to know more.

If you MM me, I will give you if I can talk you through it.

Who goes there?

Hewlett!

Hewlett who?

I dunno, ask GOB

LOL

It has been my seperience with a new machine that just pressing enter when it asks for the password sometimes works, that is unless someone has actually specified a particular password.

Worth a try IMHO.

Cheers

Col

The idea of machine or boot up passwords is that if a laptop is stolen the stealee (thief?) can't use the laptop or sell it, or until a if genuine owner can provide bona fides.
Consequently it is very unlikely, and rather slack of if they do, anyone will assist you with a default password or method of circumventing the pasword requirement on an open forum such as Expolroz.
So sorry.

Steve,

you should usually be able to log on as administrator - the full word lower case. Don't think mine had a password, but was either a router or the laptop recently had the password the same to start. Don't usually have to give advice from greater NY. Have fun mate.