Easy. They use a bootable disk that launches the password finder or some similar method that does not load Windows. (My answer referred to passwords in Windows, not in the CMOS). CMOS passwords are a totally different story. I have never used one (and never will) and I do not know of any one that ever did, and I've been in and around computers since 1986. Don ----- Original Message ----- From: "David F. Wooledge" <wooledge001@xxxxxxxx> To: "PCTechTalk" <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 5:42 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: laptop problem > If they can't use the computer because they do not know the password > how can they use such a program? Or am I missing something here? It > sounds like it is a CMOS > password, which means they can't boot the computer or a log on password > which means they can't get > into Windows. > Dave ____________________________________________________________________________________ We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/265 -- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/