I bought a computer at a auction. After getting home the computer is locked. How do I unlock?

10 Responses to I bought a computer at a auction. After getting home the computer is locked. How do I unlock?

1. spankdis says:

   August 25, 2010 at 22:24

   locked how? you need to give more info
2. koalatcomics says:

   August 25, 2010 at 22:39

   reformat and reinstall windows…if its dell and its bios locked..you need to burn the eprom.
3. musicgurucharles says:

   August 25, 2010 at 23:34

   You might have to get a new harddrive, if you can get into windows!
4. Lee lee says:

   August 25, 2010 at 23:51

   If it’s got a password lock.. on the screen by the password thing, it should have a place on it that askes if you want to change it. do you know the specs of the computer ? what version it’s running ?
5. kungfu_kirby says:

   August 26, 2010 at 00:20

   Do you mean the Windows start-up screen where it asks for a username and password? You should really contact the person who owned it previously. Otherwise, if it came with all the support discs, you could try reinstalling Windows as mentioned already. You should have something called recovery CD or similar, which you can boot from.
6. St N says:

   August 26, 2010 at 01:07

   Contact the auctioneer and get him/er to put you in touch with the vendor in order to get the password. It could be locked at BIOS, boot and user levels. If the vendor will not give you the password or can not, then the auctioneer should pay to get the computer unlocked as otherwise, what you bought is only a paperweight.
7. DrakeX says:

   August 26, 2010 at 02:02

   U want options… okay, first its windows lock down, just start the computer after the first beep hit F8 and get the Windows Advance menu, choose safe mode and see if you can get the Administrator Account to load, if you can go to Control Panel and get into User Accounts, you can change the password there, now if you can not get to the Admin I will advise a full Windows Install, CLEAN… if you can neither do that, open the system get the motherboard model lookit up in the internet for the diagram of the Systemboard and get the password jumpter to unlock the system then perform the windows installation… any other questions? Let us know!
8. toddk57@sbcglobal.net says:

   August 26, 2010 at 02:14

   Debra: in what you should do is take that to repair center for
   computers because some times they can have a problem
   were an sertain program needs fixing here.http://www.compaqusa.com ask them how to unlock it!
9. leondebay says:

   August 26, 2010 at 02:16

   locked how?
10. marinespill says:

    August 26, 2010 at 02:29

    “Locked” can mean about six different things.