Forgotten Start up Password.

[johnny9fingers]

My son has a T61P and hasn't used it for a while and cannot remeber the password needed at start up. He didn't create password/start up disk. Is there another way to reset the password.
Thanks,
John

[richk]

There are 3 passwords. According to the service manual. the hard drive password cannot be bypassed. The supervisor password requires motherboard replacement. If you just have a power-on password, unplugging, removing the battery and removing the cmos battery will reset. BUT if you clear the power-on password and also have a supervisor password, the machine will not be able to start without motherboard replacement. The disk password can be identified by the disk icon next to the lock with a "1" in it. The power-on and supervisor passwords look the same from the outside.

[billp117]

You did not mention which password was forgotten. It is your lucky day if it is just the Windows login password. Here are some recovery tools for a lost Windows password:

http://pcsupport.about.com/od/toolsofth ... covery.htm

If the password was setup via the BIOS then Richk gave you good advice.

[RealBlackStuff]

If it's not a Windows problem, check your PM.