Re: Hard reset?

There is a password to the laptop itself and a password to Windows. The two are not the same. If you forgot the password to the laptop itself, you won't be able to install Windows, nor would doing so be of any use.


Diesel wrote:
I forgot the password to my Dell Latitude 600. I'm tired of trying to
figure it out and have decided to just reinstall the OS over again.
Any help on how to reset it? Thanks

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