I have my daughters lap top Dell inspiron 1545, which some how got locked and I can't seem to boot it,when turned on ,I can see dell logo,under it inspiron and under that the Bar showing data is loading,with F2 and F12 promptsby pressing these no help,it still goes to a screen asking for either system pass word or administrative p/w.which we never created one, what should i do to start the computer,it is out of warranty.and dell people were not helpfull.can any body give any helpfull sugessions.thank you in advance. abdul

Abdul Durrani, January 2011

sometimes you can use the word ADMIN, for the default password, or you can you can try starting the labtop up in (safty mode) when the pc is booting up" keep pressing/tapping on F8, that should let you get into safty mode, then you should start the pc back up in safty mode" when you have it running in safty mode , go to (system restore) and pick a date that you last rember when it worked fine , 3 weeks back or more,and start it from that date, to find (system restore) click on start, all programs/accessories/systems tools/ restore system" you can do all this once you have it running in safty mode , you will not lose any information from your pc , from doing a system restore . it just puts your pc back to a time when it worked as normal .. good luck .

h, January 2011