DELL E520 passwords

TAPlank · 29-06-2012 07:37PM #1

I have been given a 4 or 5 year old DELL E520 working. My first finding was that the Graphics cards was faulty, I replaced this and found that I needed a password to Install it's driver. This password is not known, probably forgotten along with the passwords of the several users. I downloaded the DELL manual and followed it's procedure for removing all passwords, but it still calls for them.
Is it possible to bypass or to remove the need for the system and the user passwords, apart from giving it to DELL?
N.B. I am not a computer expert, but I can follow most procedures - eventually!

yoyo · 29-06-2012 08:38PM

TAPlank wrote: »

I have been given a 4 or 5 year old DELL E520 working. My first finding was that the Graphics cards was faulty, I replaced this and found that I needed a password to Install it's driver. This password is not known, probably forgotten along with the passwords of the several users. I downloaded the DELL manual and followed it's procedure for removing all passwords, but it still calls for them.
Is it possible to bypass or to remove the need for the system and the user passwords, apart from giving it to DELL?
N.B. I am not a computer expert, but I can follow most procedures - eventually!

You could try NTPASSWD, can reset the passwords of the admin account. Failing that a format/re-install of Windows may be needed

Nick

mp22 · 30-06-2012 08:44AM

Try trinity rescue kit.Use the default setting(winpass) if the pc is running on vista.

TAPlank · 30-06-2012 10:29AM

Will try those suggestions. Many thanks for the advice.

DELL E520 passwords

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