[angeleyes2204]

Hi there, i have a very old laptop that i just want to use for typing. Its a Toshiba Portege 3110CT running Windows 2000. I have lost the password and cannot get past it. Tried F8 to fun in through Safe Mode, but still asking for Password. No Floppy or CD drive, external i think, but i dont have external drives. All i need it for is just for my typing, busy with a book. How do i bypass the Password option? I have tried using the username Administrator and password clear but no luck??
Please help??

[lunarlander]

Sorry, we cannot help with bypassing passwords issues. It's against forum rules.

[angeleyes2204]

But i have seen a lot of forums how ppl help each other when passwords are lost or forgotten?? dont understand?

[Phantom010]

As per forum rules:

Passwords - Please do not ask for assistance with forgotten passwords and/or bypassing them. As there is no way to verify the actual situation and/or intentions, no assistance will be provided and any such threads will be closed.

Sorry.

[Byteman]

Hi, We will be Closing the thread but I thought it might be good to post this....

As you've heard, we don't help with password issues in the public forums.... this is a Rule here. Yes, there are forums where they could help.

If there was no password on the built-in Administrator account, pressing Enter at the Safe Mode login screen should have let you enter.

If you don't find good help anyplace, just keep in mind that a clean install of Windows will let you use the machine. Some notebooks have built-in security chips that it is quite possible is present in this Toshiba- if so, it locks the machine unless you know the password and it can lock the hard drive plus the computer itself....there won't be any reinstalling on this type.

IBM ThinkPads have a similar security chip, I know because I bought a used one, and somehow it reverted to the old security password and I am locked out ot it.

It's not possible for us to give help with that, either but if you are the original owner it might be a good idea to talk to Toshiba support, if your machine does have that type of security chip. For IBMs, there are companies that can unlock them for a good price, I don't know about Toshiba's.