system halted

[willow1234]

i am trying to turn my computer on it is a dell it keeps saying number of unsuccessful attempts 7 or more system halted must power down. i have powered the computer down a number of times and still it says the same thing do u know how i can correct this

 

[lunarlander]

Did you set local security policy to lock you out after 7 failed password attempts? But then again I have never seen it requiring a power down. Do you know what kind of unsuccessful attempts it is talking about ?

 

[dai]

run dell diagnostics